Test #16 “Film as Art”
1. What was the name of the machine that Thomas Edison invented in 1889 to view motion
pictures?
a) Vitascope b) Nickelodeon c) Kinetoscope d) Projectorscope
2. In the beginning, motion pictures were called “Peep Show” and where shown where ?
a) Movie Houses b) Penny Arcades c) Nickelodeon’s d) Theater Houses
3. In 1896 Thomas Edison improved his first viewing machine which allow more than one person at a
time to watch a motion picture, this machine was called a?
a) Vitascope b) Projectorscope c) Kinetoscope d) Nickelodeon
4. The 1896 invention by Edison were shown in places called?
a) Movie Houses b) Penny Arcades c) Nickelodeon’s d) Theater Houses
5. What activity was one of the things that people would watch?
a) Basketball Games b) Boxing Matches c) Football Games d) Baseball Games
6. What was the name of the 1st successful Western movie and was considered the beginning of film
as an art form?
a) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral b) Star Wars c) The Great Train Robbery d) High Noon
7. What was the most practical reason music was played during the playing of a movie?
a) Set the mood b) set the theme c) add immediacy d) drown out noise
8. The Edison Company introduced this to help musicians plan for the appropriate music to go with
the film?
a) Cue Sheets b) Special Effects c) Soundtracks d) Dubbing
9. Who wrote a book of Motion Pictures Moods for pianists and organists?
a) Edwin S. Porter b) John Williams c) Erno Rapee d) Thomas Edison
10. One of the most popular series of films was created by the Keystone Comedy Company, what was
the main character(s) occupation?
a) Firemen b) Baseball Player(s) c) Policemen d) Cartoon Character(s)
11. The Keystone Comedy Company movies were mainly this qenre?
a) Romantic b) Slapstick c) Horror d) Musical
12. By the mid 1920’s silent films became popular because?
a) Humor b) Free food was served c) color was added to the film d) symphony orchestras
13. Composing music expressly for a film is called?
a) Spotting b) Scoring c) Dubbing d) Tracking
14. What was used to create the first talking film?
a) Vitascope b) Kinetoscope c) Projectascope d) Vitaphone
15. In 1933 a strip along the film to the side of the visual image was added to record sound, this was
called?
a) Soundphone track b) Spot track c) Sound track d) Phone-a-track
Questions 16 thru 19
From the list below choose the correct process order that a Producer, Director and Musician go
through to add music to a film.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Spot (2 nd)
Mag track (3 rd)
View the film (1 st)
Dubbing (4 th)
20. When the producer and director determine which scenes should have music?
a) Dubbing b) Spotting c) Mag tracking d) Viewing
21. Music recorded on film coated with oxide?
b) Dubbing b) Spotting c) Mag tracking d) Viewing
22. Putting all the elements of sound, sound effects and music onto one track?
c) Dubbing b) Spotting c) Mag tracking d) Viewing
23. By adding music to the film it establishes the mood and is considered what?
a) The drama of the film b) The entertainment of the film c) The heart of the film
d) The continuity of the film
24. What movie was John Williams the composer of?
a) Aladdin b) Pocahontas c) The Little Mermaid d) Star Wars
25. What movie was Alan Menken the composer of?
a) Jaws b) E.T. c) A Christmas Carol d) Raiders of the Lost Ark