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The Studio System

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Classical Hollywood was also known as the [what]?

a)

Magic Era

b)

Golden Era

c)

Good Era

d)

Profit Era

2.

Between what years were known as the 'golden age' of the Hollywood Studio System?

a)

1920-1938

b)

1930-1948

c)

1940-1958

d)

1950-1968

3.

What is vertical integration?

a)

when a production company owns the production, distribution and exhibition of a film

b)

when a production company are not allowed to exhibit their film

c)

when a production company owns other production companies

d)

when a production company buy the rights to films to then sell on to other companies

4.

What example did we use for vertical integration?

a)

The Cat in the Hat

b)

High School Musical

c)

The LEGO Movie

d)

The Worlds End

5.

Which of the following are film distributors responsible for? [Pick multiple]

a)

decide where the film is going to be shown

b)

decide who the film is going the be shown to

c)

decide when the film is going to be shown

d)

decide where the film is going to be filmed

6.

Which of these WERE the Big 5?

a)

Warner Brothers Pictures

b)

RKO Radio Picture

c)

Working Title Films

d)

Miramax

7.

How were stars treated in the early studio system?

a)

Really well

b)

Alright

c)

Not very well

8.

When did the Hays Code become a thing?

a)

1935 (enforced in 1939)

b)

1940 (enforced in 1944)

c)

1930 (enforced in 1934)

d)

1920 (enforced in 1934)

9.

What was the Hays Code?

a)

A code in which film producers spoke to one another

b)

A set of rules that governed film making

c)

The certificates that films got

d)

The rules governing how women were represented in films

10.

Under the Hays Code, you were allowed to swear in films [true or false?]

a)

true

b)

false

11.

How did the major studio dominance end?

a)

The Paramount Decision

b)

The Hays Code

c)

The Studio System Ruptancy

d)

Hollywood Economic Failure

12.

What did the paramount decision (1948) do?

a)

made it illegal in films to show violence without consequences

b)

made it illegal for studios to exhibit films in cinemas that it owned

c)

make it illegal for distributors to market films

13.

Why did the Hays Code get revised in the New Hollywood (Post Classical era)?

a)

changes in social moral

b)

changes in economy

c)

nobody was going to watch films anymore

d)

too many people were breaking the rules

14.

did the changes in the Hays Code mean that directors had more freedom and power, or less?

a)

more freedom and power

b)

less freedom and power

15.

Who regulate films in the UK?

a)

OFCOM

b)

BBFC

c)

BBC

d)

MPAA

16.

Who regulate films in the US?

a)

BBFC

b)

BBC

c)

MPAA

d)

MBC

17.

Which of these are UK classifications?

a)

U

b)

12A

c)

15

d)

PG

18.

A third distribution market was released in Contemporary Hollywood - what was it?

a)

Cinemas

b)

Television

c)

Radio

d)

Videos (VHS)

19.

Universal are still considered one of the The Big today?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What did it mean for film if a producer signed a really famous star?

a)

They would get more money than they wanted

b)

They would get money for the film quicker

c)

They would get more stars

d)

It would be easier to get more highly skilled staff to work on the film