Film Studies Concepts (Jan. Review)

In the 1920s, synchronized sound movies were called...

• Speakies

• Speak easies

• Talkies

• No talkies

• Walkie talkies

The first film to include synchronized sound was...

• Nosferatu

• Citizen Kane

• The Jazz Singer

• Last of the Mohicans

These types of musicals show more of the "behind the scenes" elements so that it is more natural/believable when they break out into song and dance.

• Realist musicals

• Formalist musicals

These types of musicals just have characters break out into song and dance in the middle of the scene without easing into it/rehearsing it at all.

• Realist musicals

• Formalist musicals

Filmmakers carefully craft the use of sound in film to accentuate the visual elements on a more subconscious or instinctive level.

• True

• False

"Complete musical compositions usually played in the background over visual action or to create an instinctual connection or theme."

• Musical score

• Sound effects

• Dialogue

• Silence

"The absence or limited use of auditory interaction."

• Musical score

• Sound effects

• Dialogue

• Silence

"The sound generated by actor and actress vocal chords."

• Musical score

• Sound effects

• Dialogue

• Silence

"Short, impactful sounds often created as a direct result of physical interactions on screen like footsteps or objects colliding."

• Musical score

• Sound effects

• Dialogue

• Silence

How high or low the sound is.

• Pitch

• Volume

• Tempo

• Timbre