Film History (Movies are Magic): Quiz

What term was first used to describe a the specific technology of a thin, flexible material coated in light-sensitive emulsion that retains an image after it's exposed to light?

• film

• picture

• cartridge

• camera

the term "film" refers to a movie, and also the process of recording a movie

• True

• False

What is an analog substitute for the original film technology

• VHS

• CD

• DVD

• Streaming

this started out as a collection of still images viewed one after another in rapid succession, which creates the illusion of motion

• Film

• Camera

• VHS

• CD-ROM

Who was the first person to describe the illusion of film

• Peter Mark Roget

• Huckleberry Finn

• Mark Twain

• Thomas Jefferson

What is referred to as a "frame" in this video?

• a still image of a movie

• something to put a picture in

• something you knock down with a bowling ball

• a film

The optical illusion that lets you see a series of images in rapid succession as continuous motion

• Phi Phenomenon

• Phantom of the Opera

• Phil Phenomenon

• Phantom Phenomenon

What was the major precursor to film?

• Photography

• Styleascope

• Cave Drawings

• Greek Theater

A box, tent, or room with a lens or pinhole in one end, and a reflective surface like a mirror at the other

• Camera Obscura

• Camera

• Film

• Diatone

When was the first known photograph taken?

• 1920s

• 1820s

• 1720s

• 1620s