Third Sem - FUNDAMENTALS OF CINEMA

           FUNDAMENTALS OF CINEMA

Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Kinetoscope is invented by ………………………..

a) Thomas Edison and William Dickson b) Louis and Auguste Lumière c)

Skladanowsky Brothers

Ans: Thomas Edison and William Dickson

2. The first moving picture photographed in real-time was created by …………………

a) Alhazen b) Eadweard Muybridge c) Georges Melies

Ans: Eadweard Muybridge

3. British photographer Eadweard Muybridge took the first successful photographs

of motion in ………………..

a) 1878 b) 1785 c) 1898

Ans: 1878

4. The Documentary Nanook of the North was directed by ………………………

a) Robert Flaherty b) John Grierson c) Richard Attenborough

Ans: Robert Flaherty

5. The first film makers in the history were …………….

a) Thomas Edison and William Dickson b) Louis and Auguste Lumière

c) Skladanowsky Brothers

Ans: Louis and Auguste Lumiere

6. The first rotating camera for taking panning shots was built by ……………

a) Robert W. Paul b) Skladanowsky Brothers c) Georges Melies

Ans: Robert W. Paul

7. The close-up shot was introduced by ……………..

a) D. W. Griffith b) Robert W. Paul c) Georges Melies

Ans: D. W. Griffith

8. ……………………… was the first major feature film to have been at least

partially shot in IMAX technology.

a) The Dark Knight b) Avatar c) Titanic

Ans: The Dark Knight

9. The father of Indian Cinema.

a) Dadasaheb Phalke b) Ardeshir Irani c) Debaki Bose

Ans: Dadasaheb Phalke

10.The first silent South Indian feature film

a) Keechaka Vadham b) Jamai Shashthi c) Ayodhecha Raja

Ans: Keechaka Vadham

11.……………………………….. is the first silent feature film made in India.

a) Alam Ara b) Raja Harishchandra c) Kisan Kanya

Ans: Raja Harishchandra

12.The first Indian sound film is …………………..

a) Alam Ara b) Raja Harishchandra c) Kisan Kanya

Ans: Alam Ara

13.The first colour film in Hindi

a) Alam Ara b) Raja Harishchandra c) Kisan Kanya

Ans: Kisan Kanya

14.The first colour film Kisan Kanya was released in ………………..

a) 1927 b) 1937 c) 1947

Ans: 1937

15.National Film Awards were introduced in …………………..

a) 1952 b) 1954 c) 1956

Ans: 1954

16.The first film in Malayalam is ………………

a) Vigathakumaran b) Marthanda Varma c) Balan

Ans: Vigathakumaran

17.The first talkie in Malayalam is …………………..

a) Marthanda Varma b) Balan c) Jeevitha Nouka

Ans: Balan

18.……………………. were considered as the Golden Age of Indian Cinema.

a) 40’s and 50’s b) 50’s and 60’s c) 60’s and 70’s

Ans: 50’s and 60’s

19.………………………… is the first Indian to win an Oscar.

a) Bhanu Athaiya b) AR Rahman c) Rasool Pookutty

Ans: Bhanu Athaiya

20.The word documentary was coined by …………………

a) John Grierson b) Pare Lorentz c) Louis Doyen

Ans: John Grierson

21.The Birth of a Nation is directed by ………………….

a) Frank E Woods b) GW Griffith c) John Wilkies Booth

Ans: GW Griffith

22.The Student of Prague, From Mourn to Midnight and Destiny belongs to

………………….. film movement.

a) German Expressionism b) Soviet Montage c) Italian Neo Realism

Ans: German Expressionism

23.The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary is directed by

a) Robert Wiene b) GW Griffith c) John Grierson

Ans: Robert Wiene

24.Battleship Potemkin is directed by ………………………

a) Vittorio De Sica b) Robert Wiene c) Sergie Eisenstein

Ans: Sergie Eisenstein

25.Montage technique is first introduced to cinema by ……………..

a) Vittorio De Sica b) Robert Wiene c) Sergie Eisenstein

Ans: Sergie Eisenstein

26.…………………… is also known as the Golden Age of Italian Cinema.

a) Italian Neorealism b) Italian Montage c) Italian Expressionism

Ans: Italian Neorealism

27.Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica and Cesare Zavattini were the figures related

to the ……………… film movement.

a) German Expressionism b) Soviet Montage c) Italian Neorealism

Ans: Italian Neorealism

28.Bicycle Thieves is directed by …………………….

a) Vittorio De Sica b) Robert Wiene c) Sergie Eisenstein

Ans: Vittorio De Sica

29.Charlie Chaplin was an …………………. Film maker.

a) Italian b) Spanish c) English

Ans: English

30.Charlie Chaplin’s first feature length film was …………………..

a) The Kid b) A Woman of Paris c) The Gold Rush

Ans: The Kid

31.The Great Dictator is a film directed by ………………….

a) Vittorio De Sica b) Robert Wiene c) Charlie Chaplin

Ans: Charlie Chaplin

32.The Tramp was the on screen character of ……………………

a) Sergie Eisenstein b) Robert Wiene c) Charlie Chaplin

Ans: Charlie Chaplin

33.………………………… is known as ‘The Master of Suspense’.

a) Alfred Hitchcock b) Charlie Chaplin c) Akira Kurosawa

Ans: Alfred Hitchcock

34. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an……….…… film director and producer.

a) Italian b) Spanish c) English

Ans: English

35.The first thriller of Alfred Hitchcock

a) The Lodger, A Story of the London Fog b) The Blackguard c) The Last

Laugh

Ans: The Lodger, A Story of the London Fog

36.Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho was released in ……………….

a) 1960 b) 1965 c) 1970

Ans: 1960

37.Akira Kurosawa’s debut film as a director was…………………

a) Ikiru b) Seven Samuari c) Sanshiro Sugata

Ans: Sanshiro Sugata

38.Akira Kurosawa was a ……………. filmmaker.

a) South Korean b) Japanese c) English

Ans: Japanese

39.The film Rashomon is directed by ………………..

a) Alfred Hitchcock b) Akira Kurosawa c) Moshen Makmalbaf

Ans: Akira Kurosawa

40.Kim Ki Duk is a …………………. Film maker

a) Russian b) English c) South Korean

Ans: South Korean

41.The first Korean film to receive a "best film" honour at one of the top three

international film festivals - Venice, Berlin and Cannes is …………………..

a) Pieta b) 3- Iron c) The Isle

Ans: Pieta

42.Kim Ki Duk’s documentary film …………………… received an award for best

film in the UN Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival.

a) Arirang b) The Isle c) 3- Iron

Ans: Arirang

43.Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an ……………………. Film director

a) Iranian b) American c) Europe

Ans: Iranian

44.Mohsen Makhmalbaf belongs to the ……………… movement of Iranian cinema.

a) Expressionism b) Neo-Realism c) New wave

Ans: New Wave

45.Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s first film was ………………..

a) Tobeh Nosuh b) Time of Love c) The Cyclist

Ans: Tobeh Nosuh

46.The President is a feature film directed by ……………………..

a) Kim Ki Duk b) Akira Kurosawa c) Moshen Makhmalbaf

Ans: Moshen Makhmalbaf

47. Satyajith Ray’s first film is ……………………………

a) The Inner Eye b) Ganashatru c) Pather Panchali

Ans: Pather Panchali

48.Charulata is a masterpiece of ……….

a) Satyajith Ray b) John Abraham c) Ritwik Ghatak

Ans: Satyajith Ray

49.The Government of India honoured Satyajith Ray with the Bharat Ratna in ………. a) 1990 b) 1992 c) 1996

Ans: 1992

50. Satyajith Ray’s films Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Apur Sansar form the trilogy

named …………………….

a) The Apu Trilogy b) The Pather Triology c) The Aparajito Trilogy

Ans: The Apu Trilogy

51.Who is the Director of the film Meghe Dhaka Tara?

a) Anand Patwardhan b) Satyajith Ray c) Ritwik Ghatak

Ans: Ritwik Ghatak

52.Which was Ritwik Ghatak’s last film?

a) Jukti Takko Aar Gappo b) Komal Gandhar c) Titash Ekti Nadir Naam

Ans: Jukti Takko Aar Gappo

53.The Government of India honoured Ritwik Ghatak with the Padma Shri for Arts in ………... a) 1970 b) 1980 c) 1990

Ans: 1970

54.In the Name of God (Ram ke Nam) is the documentary of ……………………………. a) Ritwik Ghatak b) Anand Patwardhan c) Satyajith Ray

Ans: Anand Patwardhan

55.Which was the debut film of Adoor Gopala Krishnan?

a) Elippathayam b) Kathapurushan c) Swayamvaram

Ans: Swayamvaram

56.Adoor Gopala Krishnan received Dada Saheb Phalke Award,India’s highest

national honour for Life- time achievement in cinema in …….

a) 2003 b) 2006 c) 2010

Ans: 2006

57.Which was the debut film of G Aravindan?

a) Chidambaram b) Vasthuhara c) Uttarayanam

Ans: Uttarayanam

58.G. Aravindan received the national award for........ film in 1985.

a) Chidambaram b) Vasthuhara c) Uttarayanam

Ans: Chidambaram

59.The first self-directed film of John Abraham is …………………….

a) Vidhyaarthikale Ithile Ithile b) Agraharthil Kazuthai c) Cheriachante

Krurakrithyangal

Ans: Vidhyaarthikale Ithile Ithile

60.Which is the cinema movement of John Abraham that involved the public for

raising funds for producing films?

a) The Odessa Steps b) The Odessa Collective c) The Collective

Steps

Ans: The Odessa Collective

61. The pre-production phase is also known as

a) Planning phase b) Project phase c) production phase

Ans: Planning phase

62. The output of the production phase is called

a) Capture footage b) Raw footage c) Row footage

Ans: Raw footage

63.A computer hardware component that converts a video signal into a digital format

a) Capture card b) Footage card c) Foobage card

Ans: Capture card

64.Adobe Premiere is a …………………. Software.

a) Video editing b) Audio editing c) Pagination

Ans: Video editing

65.One continuous recording by the camera is known as

a) Shot b) Scene c) sequence

Ans: Shot

66.A shot when recorded by the camera is known as

a) Scene b) Take c) Scene

Ans: Take

67.A shot in which a subject appears from head to toe and small against the

background is known as ……………………………..

a) Long Shot b) Medium Shot c) Close up Shot

Ans: Long Shot

68.Long shot is also known as ……………………….

a) Complete Shot b) Full Shot c) Maximum Shot

Ans: Full Shot

69.A ………………………. Shows a human figure from waist to head.

a) Long Shot b) Medium Shot c) Close up Shot

Ans: Medium Shot

70.A ……………………. reveals the individual details of a scene.

a) Long Shot b) Medium Shot c) Close up Shot

Ans: Close up Shot

71.A shot used to show certain features of a subject’s face such as the eyes or mouth

is known as…………………….

a) Medium Shot b) Close up Shot c) Extreme Close-up Shot

Ans: Extreme Close-up Shot

72.Turning the head of the tripod on which the camera is resting horizontally is

known as ………………..

a) Panning b) Tilting c) Zooming

Ans: Panning

73.Moving a camera up or down through an angle of 90 degrees on the tripod head is

known as …………………………….

a) Panning b) Tilting c) Zooming

Ans: Tilting

74.………………………… is changing the focal length of a zoom lens, the camera

appears to move closer to or further from the subject in a scene.

a) Panning b) Tilting c) Zooming

Ans: Zooming

75.…………………… is used to move the camera towards or away from a subject or

object in a scene.

a) Zooming b) Dollying c) Tracking

Ans: Dollying

76.A shot used to follow the movement of the subject or to reveal a location is known

as …………………………

a) Zooming b) Dollying c) Tracking

Ans: Tracking

77.A scene from directly overhead is …………………..

a) The birds eye view b) High angle c) Low angle

Ans: The birds eye view

78.A camera angle that looks down upon a subject

a) The birds eye view b) High angle c) Low angle

Ans: High angle

79.The camera angle that looks up at a character

a) The birds eye view b) High angle c) Low angle

Ans: Low angle

80.A shot that puts the audience on an equal footing with the character/s

b) High angle b) Low angle c) Eye level angle

Ans: Eye level angle

81.The camera is purposely tilted to one side so the horizon is on an angle

a) Dutch tilt b) Eye level angle c) The birds eye view

Ans: Dutch tilt

82.Dutch tilt is also known as

a) Horizon angle b) Slanted c) Full angle

Ans: Slanted

83.The camera angle suggests the feelings of weakness and submission to the audience

a) High angle b) Low angle c) Eye level angle

Ans: High angle

84.The camera angle often used to convey a sense of power and superiority with the

subject appearing to loom over the audience

a) High angle b) Low angle c) Eye level angle

Ans: Low angle

85.The hardness or softness of the light is referred to as

a) Quantity of light b) Quality of light c) Hard light

Ans: Quality of light

86.Intensity or brightness of the light is referred to as

a) Quantity of light b) Quality of light c) Hard light

Ans: Quantity of light

87.The intensity of light is measured in ………………..

a) Candelas b) Kelvin c) Reflector

Ans: Candelas

88.The instrument used to measure the intensity of light is ……………

a) Light meter b) Light measurer c) Light foot

Ans: Light meter

89.The colour of the light is also known as

a) Colour generator b) Colour temperature c) colour intensity

Ans: Colour temperature

90.Colour temperature is measured in …………………….

a) Foot-candles b) Candelas c) Degrees Kelvin

Ans: Degrees Kelvin

91.The primary source of illumination for the subject of the scene

a) Key light b) Fill light c) Back light

Ans: Key light

92.Key light is also known as

a) Main light b) Fill light c) Back light

Ans: Main light

93.……………………… is used to fill in the shadow areas created by the key light.

a) Key light b) Fill light c) Back light

Ans: Fill light

94.…………………….. is used to make the subject appear distinct from the

background.

a) Key light b) Fill light c) Back light

Ans: Back light

95.The music Director who won Oscar for India

a) A R Rehman b) Bappi Lahiri c)Anand bakshi

Ans: A R Rehman

96.Back light is also referred to as

a) Hair light b) Main light c) Face light

Ans: Hair light

97. The Indian sound engineer who got Oscar for the film Slumdog Millionnaire

a) Rasool Pookkutty b) Punit Bhanushali c) None of these

Ans: Rasool Pookkutty

98.Music Director of Pather Panchali directed by Sathyajit Ray is

a) Pandit ravi Shankar b) Anand Bakshi c) Bhupen Hazarika

Ans: Pandit ravi Shankar

99.The Malayalee who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

a)Adoor Gopalakrishnan b) Kalabhavan Mani c)None of these

Ans: Adoor Gopalakrishnan

100.Film and Television Institute of india is situated at

a) Pune b) Mumbai c) New Delhi

Ans:Pune