Silent Film Quiz #2

When major Film Companies were ready to empty their warehouses to store newly made films, they disposed of the old ones by:

• Burying them

• Burning them

• Dumping them in the ocean

• Selling them

Which directors made "actuality films" or "reality films"?

• Thomas Edison

• Louis Lumiere

• Edweard Muybridge

• George Melies

Which movie "projector" was used to show short film which cost about 5 cents and is on display at Greenfield Village?

• Kinetoscope

• Vitascope

• Nickelodeons

• Zoopraxiscope

The term for "tricking" the eye into seeing motion is called:

• Peripheral Vision

• Blurry Vision

• Double Vision

• Persistence of Vision

Thomas Edison, as an inventor, thought film should be used for:

• Entertainment

• Science

• History

• Communication

The director responsible for Edison's early films, and who later "defected" was:

• Edwin S. Porter

• W.K. Dickson

• Thomas Edison's nephew

• Louis Lumiere

Early silent films

• Were black and white

• Could include tinting, like sepia

• Could have hand painted frames

• Had little movement

• All of the above

The film "Trip to the Moon" by Melies was so exceptional, in part, because Melies was:

• A theatre man

• A magician

• An actor

• A special effects whiz

• All of the above

Of the early silent films you've seen, there have been NO

• Dissolves

• Pans

• Copyrights

• Intertitles

Narrative film tells a story. The longest silent film you've viewed was about:

• 6 minutes

• 8 minutes

• 12 minutes

• 13 minutes