A Brief History of Film - Quiz

What are the "3 Unities" in drama?

• Time

• Place

• Action

• Character

Who established the "3 Unities" in drama?

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Coleridge

• Shakespeare

What does "photography" mean in Latin?

• Light drawing

• Freeze framing

• Real capture

• Light math

What was Eadweard Muybridge's contribution to filmmaking?

• Mechanical shutters

• More sensitive film

• Montage theory

• Nickelodeons

What have been the two key developments in film and cameras over time?

• More sensitive to light

• Sharper images

• Better battery life

• Hold more film

What do you call the the compression of time and space to tell a story through images?

What animal was the subject of the first series of images composed into a 'moving image.'

What is the technique that creates connection between different shots in a film?

In what year was the first movie with sound released?

• 1895

• 1927

• 1968

• 1982

What exposure time was required for the oldest photograph we still have today?

• 8 hours

• 9 days

• 10 minutes

• 11 seconds