AV Q3 Test 3 Review

What is it called when video is recorded and matched with sound?

• synchronous video

• synchronous sound

• sound matching

• a burrito

Which one of the following was NOT a reason early films didn't have sound?

• Images and sounds were recorded using different devices

• microphone and speaker technology was primitive

• bringing the extra sound equipment, electricity and crew to operate it would cost much more

• If the film was going to record the sound, the video images had to be smaller so there was enough room for both

What was the first film to use sound for dialogue between performers as part of the story?

• Dracula

• King Kong

• The Jazz Singer

• The Wizard of Oz

Who did most of the film editing before sound synchronous films?

• Women

• Men

• balanced between men and women

• chimps

More films were released during which two decades than any other decades?

• 1920s and 30s

• 1950s and 60s

• 1980s and 90s

• 2000s and 2010s

What happened to movies during the great depression?

• they briefly went back to being silent films

• so many men were busy at war they were not able to go to the movies and attendance went down

• people quit going to the movies because they didn't have money for it

• More movies were made for the theaters and watched in the theaters than any other time

The biggest studio of the Golden Era that brought us big film productions like Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind was...

• Paramount

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

• Universal Studios

• Warner Bros

Dipping the film in dye to change the color of the entire scene and create a mood is a technique/process known as.

• technicolor

• toning

• tinting

• tanning

What was the name of the technology that first allowed filmmakers to shoot film in color?

• frame by frame coloring

• toning

• tinting

• technicolor

During the Golden Era, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences standardized the aspect ratios for film as...

• 4:3

• 16:9

• 8:10

• 1.85:1