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1. |
The life of Eskimos is pictured by Robert Flaherty in his classical documentary …… |
A. | man of aran |
B. | nanook of the north |
C. | nanook of the south |
D. | man of arabia |
Answer» D. man of arabia |
2. |
Jib arm is a/an………………………. |
A. | arm of the camera |
B. | transition device in video film editing |
C. | device on which camera lense is mounted for flexible movement |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. device on which camera lense is mounted for flexible movement |
3. |
Which among the following is a mismatch? |
A. | andre bazin – what is cinema |
B. | eisenstein – film form |
C. | adoor gopalakrishnan – sculpting time |
D. | gerald mast – a short |
Answer» C. adoor gopalakrishnan – sculpting time |
4. |
Who directed Drishyam? |
A. | salim ahamed |
B. | sunny joseph |
C. | sohan roy |
D. | jithu joseph |
Answer» D. jithu joseph |
5. |
During the evolutionary period of cinema Eadweard Muybridge experimented the shooting of ………………………… |
A. | a fireman extinguishing fire |
B. | workers leaving a factory |
C. | the sneeze of a lab assistant |
D. | the galloping of a horse |
Answer» D. the galloping of a horse |
6. |
Father of African Cinema |
A. | auguste lumiere |
B. | thomas alva edison |
C. | edwin s. porter |
D. | osmane sembene |
Answer» D. osmane sembene |
7. |
Edison is considered the father of movie studio. His studio was known as …………. |
A. | edison parlour |
B. | film strip parlour |
C. | black maria |
D. | black edison |
Answer» C. black maria |
8. |
“2001 A Space Odyssey” is directed by…………………………. |
A. | steven spielberg |
B. | stanley kubrick |
C. | francis ford cappola |
D. | emile cohl |
Answer» B. stanley kubrick |
9. |
Satyajit Ray’s Apu trilogy consists of Pather panchali, Aparajito and ………………. |
A. | mahanagar |
B. | apursansar |
C. | devi |
D. | kanchanjungha |
Answer» B. apursansar |
10. |
The first Malayalam Feature film “Vigathakumaran” was shown to the public at the Capitol theatre in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 November .......................... |
A. | 1928 |
B. | 1926 |
C. | 1930 |
D. | 1931 |
Answer» A. 1928 |
11. |
The first shot is a man looking up. The second shot is a low angle shot of a high rise apartment. The second shot is a .................shot |
A. | long shot |
B. | mid – shot |
C. | extreme long shot |
D. | point - of – view |
Answer» D. point - of – view |
12. |
Which is Walt Disney’s first feature film? |
A. | snow white and seven dwarfs |
B. | the three little pigs |
C. | fantasia |
D. | trouble in paradise |
Answer» A. snow white and seven dwarfs |
13. |
The second Malayalam feature film “Marthanda Varma”, produced by Sundar Raj was directed by |
A. | k. gopinath |
B. | j.c. daniel |
C. | v. v. rao |
D. | johnson |
Answer» C. v. v. rao |
14. |
A colored lens or paper that is placed in between the light source and the subject to either darken or lighten a particular colour is a………. |
A. | filter |
B. | transparency |
C. | barn door |
D. | aperture |
Answer» A. filter |
15. |
Generation loss is the most minimal in |
A. | nonlinear editing |
B. | transferring |
C. | linear editing |
D. | assemble editing |
Answer» A. nonlinear editing |
16. |
Take is a version of a……….. |
A. | shot |
B. | scene |
C. | sequence |
D. | mise-en scene |
Answer» A. shot |
17. |
The light source that casts sharp, well define shadows is called ………… |
A. | key light |
B. | fill light |
C. | set light |
D. | hard light |
Answer» D. hard light |
18. |
MFD stands for ________________ |
A. | minimum focusing distance |
B. | maximum focusing |
C. | distance minimum focusing direction |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. minimum focusing distance |
19. |
A camera mounting that straps the camera to the body of the operator to keep the recorded image reasonably steady is known as …………. |
A. | steadicam |
B. | sturdycam |
C. | studycam |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. steadicam |
20. |
story board |
A. | illustrations in sequence |
B. | story about released film |
C. | advertorial |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. illustrations in sequence |
21. |
Aspect ratio |
A. | ratio of width and height |
B. | ratio of width and depth |
C. | ratio of width and diagonal |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. ratio of width and height |
22. |
Continuity |
A. | a report of shooting details |
B. | continuous frames |
C. | continuous shots |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. a report of shooting details |
23. |
Rule of thirds |
A. | rule of composition |
B. | rule of camera fixing |
C. | rule of editing |
D. | rule of art direction |
Answer» A. rule of composition |
24. |
Director |
A. | head of an institution |
B. | person converting a script into a movie. |
C. | set designer |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. person converting a script into a movie. |
25. |
Feature Film |
A. | any film at least one hour long that people pay to see |
B. | documentary |
C. | advertorial |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. any film at least one hour long that people pay to see |
26. |
Intercutting |
A. | at a point, two scenes will be shown a few moments each, back and forth |
B. | cut between shots |
C. | clapping |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. at a point, two scenes will be shown a few moments each, back and forth |
27. |
Iris Out |
A. | transition from one to another frame |
B. | a black circle closes to end a scene |
C. | fade in |
D. | fade out |
Answer» A. transition from one to another frame |
28. |
Montage |
A. | a series of images showing a theme |
B. | historic scene |
C. | insert frame |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. a series of images showing a theme |
29. |
POV |
A. | point of view |
B. | picture of vision |
C. | photographs of visual |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. point of view |
30. |
REVERSE ANGLE |
A. | reveal things for comic or dramatic effect |
B. | reverse shot |
C. | shot from back ground |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. reveal things for comic or dramatic effect |
31. |
Shooting Script |
A. | final draft used on set by the production people |
B. | script prepared during shooting |
C. | a review of script |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. final draft used on set by the production people |
32. |
Screenplay |
A. | a specific script |
B. | play back |
C. | one line script |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. a specific script |
33. |
Tracking Shot |
A. | a camera following a person or an object |
B. | track for camera movement |
C. | dolly shot |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. a camera following a person or an object |
34. |
Transition |
A. | these describe the style in which one scene becomes the next |
B. | transmission |
C. | broadcast |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. these describe the style in which one scene becomes the next |
35. |
Console |
A. | key board for input |
B. | consolidation of audio |
C. | microphone |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. key board for input |
36. |
Nonlinear Editing |
A. | nondestructive editing |
B. | analogue editing |
C. | non interactive editing |
D. | moviola editing |
Answer» A. nondestructive editing |
37. |
Type of Audio visual media |
A. | web casting |
B. | still photo |
C. | print media |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. web casting |
38. |
Audio channel |
A. | a pathway through an audio device |
B. | a channel dedicated for audio |
C. | channel music |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. a pathway through an audio device |
39. |
DAT |
A. | digital audio tape |
B. | data card |
C. | memory card |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. digital audio tape |
40. |
Key frame |
A. | points between transition |
B. | in between frame |
C. | title frame |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. points between transition |
41. |
Analog recording |
A. | stored as a physical texture in recorder |
B. | stored in digital audio tape |
C. | stored in non linear editor |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. stored as a physical texture in recorder |
42. |
Audio file formats |
A. | mpeg-3 |
B. | tiff |
C. | jpeg |
D. | gif |
Answer» A. mpeg-3 |
43. |
Copy right |
A. | ipr |
B. | cr |
C. | ar |
D. | dr |
Answer» A. ipr |
44. |
Digital Editing |
A. | final cut pro |
B. | high band |
C. | moviola |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. final cut pro |
45. |
Digital sound |
A. | encoding audio signal in digital |
B. | stereo system |
C. | analogue system |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. encoding audio signal in digital |
46. |
DAB |
A. | digital audio broadcasting |
B. | digital audio book |
C. | decibel |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. digital audio broadcasting |
47. |
FM radio |
A. | frequency modulation |
B. | frequent media |
C. | frequency meter |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. frequency modulation |
48. |
Soap Opera |
A. | serial drama, on television |
B. | russian opera |
C. | italian opera |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. serial drama, on television |
49. |
Camera angles, continuity, cutting, close-ups and ……………………are the five C’s of cinematography. |
A. | Compulsion |
B. | calculation |
C. | co-operation |
D. | composition |
Answer» D. composition |
50. |
Film strip normally runs at a speed of ……………………per second |
A. | 24 frames |
B. | 25 frames |
C. | 30 frames |
D. | 16 frames |
Answer» A. 24 frames |
51. |
The video effect that slowly replaces one image on the screen with another is known as……………………………….. |
A. | Bumper |
B. | bridge |
C. | dissolve |
D. | crash |
Answer» C. dissolve |
52. |
Who among the following I & B ministers in the union government banned the musical instrument harmonium from AIR’s music programmes? |
A. | B.V. Keskar |
B. | Indira Gandhi |
C. | Krishna Kumar |
D. | Vasanth Sathe |
Answer» A. B.V. Keskar |
53. |
A low angle shot emphasizes the …………………..of the person in the shot |
A. | Brutal character |
B. | prominence |
C. | idiotic nature |
D. | low class status |
Answer» B. prominence |
54. |
Akira Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood” is a free adaptation of a play by |
A. | William Shakespeare |
B. | Kalidasa |
C. | Bernand Shaw |
D. | Prem Chand |
Answer» A. William Shakespeare |
55. |
The adjustable flaps on a lighting instrument which control the throw of light is known as ……………………………….. |
A. | Light flaps |
B. | adjusters |
C. | bouncers |
D. | barn door |
Answer» D. barn door |
56. |
The life of Eskimos is pictured by Robert Flaherty in his classical documentary…………….. |
A. | Man of Aran |
B. | Nanook of the North |
C. | Nanook of the South |
D. | Man of Arabia |
Answer» B. Nanook of the North |
57. |
French critic Andre Bazin’s classic work on film theory in titled ………………. |
A. | Shot, scene and sequence |
B. | montage |
C. | Looking Glass |
D. | What is cinema |
Answer» D. What is cinema |
58. |
Which among the following movies had a long speech of Charles Chaplin against the war? |
A. | Limelight |
B. | Modern Times |
C. | A King in New York |
D. | The Great Dictator |
Answer» D. The Great Dictator |
59. |
Which among the following Indian film festivals is devoted exclusively to short films? |
A. | TIFF |
B. | IFFI |
C. | MIFF |
D. | IFFK |
Answer» C. MIFF |
60. |
Who is the first African American actress to win Oscar for best actress? |
A. | Whoopie Goldbert |
B. | Halle Berry |
C. | Viola Davis |
D. | Octavia Spencer |
Answer» B. Halle Berry |
61. |
Steadicam is………………………… |
A. | a device on which camera is mounted |
B. | a camera fitted to the body of a person who shoots |
C. | a device fitted to a camera for flexible shots |
D. | a small camera used during shoots for publicity shoots |
Answer» B. a camera fitted to the body of a person who shoots |
62. |
Mike Pandey is …………………….. |
A. | a wild life film maker |
B. | a film critic |
C. | producer of a music reality |
D. | Hollywood film actor |
Answer» A. a wild life film maker |
63. |
Sir David Attenborough is a renowned…………………………. |
A. | script writer |
B. | film editor |
C. | feature film director |
D. | video documentary director |
Answer» D. video documentary director |
64. |
Who among the following film makers first introduced illusory tricks in cinema? |
A. | Georges Milies |
B. | Charles Pathe |
C. | Leon Gaumont |
D. | W.K.L Dickson |
Answer» A. Georges Milies |
65. |
Who created the classic character Charles Foster Kane? |
A. | John Ford |
B. | Frank Capra |
C. | Fritz Lang |
D. | Orson Welles |
Answer» D. Orson Welles |
66. |
Which among the following is a mismatch? |
A. | Andre Bazin – what is cinema |
B. | Eisenstein – Film Form |
C. | Adoor Gopalakrishnan – Sculpting Time |
D. | Gerald Mast – A Short History of Movies |
Answer» C. Adoor Gopalakrishnan – Sculpting Time |
67. |
Which among the following films has a sequence on the torture of the revolting public at the steps of Odessa? |
A. | Unchien Andalou |
B. | Battleship Potemkin |
C. | Spartacus |
D. | Birth of a Nation |
Answer» B. Battleship Potemkin |
68. |
Which among the following films won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956? |
A. | Bhuvanshome |
B. | Apur Sansar |
C. | Neem Annapoorna |
D. | Pather panchali |
Answer» D. Pather panchali |
69. |
Who directed Aadaminte Makan Abu? |
A. | Salim Ahamed |
B. | Sunny Joseph |
C. | Sohan Roy |
D. | Lenin Rajendran |
Answer» A. Salim Ahamed |
70. |
The French movie “Breathless” is considered as a/an………film |
A. | avantgarde |
B. | cinema verite |
C. | underground |
D. | neo-realist |
Answer» A. avantgarde |
71. |
Treatment, a terminology in cinema means……………… |
A. | synopsis of a film |
B. | a proposal for the production of a film |
C. | a short written outline of a film specifying how the story is to be told |
D. | summary of the story |
Answer» C. a short written outline of a film specifying how the story is to be told |
72. |
During the evolutionary period of cinema Eadweard Muybridge experimented the shooting of ………………………… |
A. | a fireman extinguishing fire |
B. | workers leaving a factory |
C. | the sneeze of a lab assistant |
D. | the galloping of a horse |
Answer» D. the galloping of a horse |
73. |
………………………is a device which converts motion picture film image into video |
A. | cinetal |
B. | telecine |
C. | telepic |
D. | motiontel |
Answer» B. telecine |
74. |
Which among the following is a mismatch? |
A. | Bramstoker – Dracula |
B. | F.W. Murnau – Nosferatu |
C. | Claude Chabrol – Cries and Whispers |
D. | Leni Reifenstahl – Triumph of the Will |
Answer» C. Claude Chabrol – Cries and Whispers |
75. |
Robert Wiene’s movie……………first used the expressionist-cubist world of horror through painted shadows, the irregular non-perpendicular chimneys, doors and windows. |
A. | Warning Shadows |
B. | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
C. | Metropolis |
D. | Destiny |
Answer» B. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
76. |
Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an …………………………film maker |
A. | Iranian |
B. | Iraqui |
C. | Israeli |
D. | Afghani |
Answer» A. Iranian |
77. |
“Night and Fog”, the classical documentary on the mass killings during the second world war was made by……………………….. |
A. | Roberto Fellini |
B. | Dziga Vertov |
C. | Roman Polanski |
D. | Allain Resnais |
Answer» D. Allain Resnais |
78. |
In which of the following films did Chaplin appear as a hired killer? |
A. | The Kid |
B. | The Pilgrim |
C. | Monsieur Verdoux |
D. | The Gold Rush |
Answer» C. Monsieur Verdoux |
79. |
The Hollywood movie “Dam 999” is made……………………. |
A. | Viswanath |
B. | Sohan Roy |
C. | Shyamalan |
D. | Deepa Nair |
Answer» B. Sohan Roy |
80. |
Which of the following films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan won the British Film Institute Award? |
A. | Swayamvaram |
B. | Mukhamukham |
C. | Elipathayam |
D. | Anantharam |
Answer» C. Elipathayam |
81. |
Story board narrates the story of the movie through……………………….. |
A. | rough sketches |
B. | film strips |
C. | story synopsis |
D. | comic strips |
Answer» A. rough sketches |
82. |
Film and Television Institute of India under the Union I & B Ministry is located in………………… |
A. | Mumbai |
B. | Chennai |
C. | Kolkotha |
D. | Pune |
Answer» D. Pune |
83. |
The Kerala Government’s lifetime achievement award in the field of cinema is named after |
A. | Satyan |
B. | P. Subramanian |
C. | J.C. Daniel |
D. | Ramu Kariat |
Answer» C. J.C. Daniel |
84. |
IFFK is held every year in ……………………….. |
A. | New Delhi |
B. | Goa |
C. | Thiruvananthapuram |
D. | Mumbai |
Answer» C. Thiruvananthapuram |
85. |
“Train Arriving the Platform” is one among the early actuality film shot by……………… |
A. | Edwin S. Porter |
B. | Eadweard Muybridge |
C. | Georges Milies |
D. | Lumiere Brothers |
Answer» D. Lumiere Brothers |
86. |
“The Great Train Robbery” is made by………………………. |
A. | Auguste Lumiere |
B. | Thomas Alva Edison |
C. | Edwin S. Porter |
D. | Thomas Armat |
Answer» C. Edwin S. Porter |
87. |
………………….was the first film maker who introduced parallel action editing (cross-cut) to heighten the anxiety of the audience. |
A. | Cecil Hepworth |
B. | D.W. Griffith |
C. | Mack Sennette |
D. | Stuart Blackton |
Answer» B. D.W. Griffith |
88. |
Which is the film production company launched jointly by Griffith, Chalpin, Mary Pickford and Doughlas Fairbanks? |
A. | United Artist’s Corporation |
B. | Paramount |
C. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
D. | Rex Pictures |
Answer» A. United Artist’s Corporation |
89. |
“Kino-Pravda”, a newsreel of unstaged shots is produced by………………….. |
A. | V.I. Pudovkin |
B. | Siegfried Kracauer |
C. | Dziga Vertov |
D. | Mack Sennett |
Answer» C. Dziga Vertov |
90. |
…………………………….is a trial performance of talents to assess their ability to act. |
A. | Screen test |
B. | Screen interview |
C. | Rehearsal |
D. | Audition |
Answer» D. Audition |
91. |
The horizontal movement of the camera is called…………………….. |
A. | tilting |
B. | zooming |
C. | panning |
D. | dollying |
Answer» C. panning |
92. |
The first movie theatre was opened to the paying public on 28th December 1895 by Lumiere brothers in the basement room of the Grand Café in …………………….. |
A. | London |
B. | New York |
C. | Munich |
D. | Paris |
Answer» D. Paris |
93. |
Which of the following is a Buster Keaton movie? |
A. | The General |
B. | Long Pants |
C. | Sons of Desert |
D. | City Lights |
Answer» A. The General |
94. |
The Blue Angel, a Marlene Dietrich film is directed by………………….. |
A. | Josef von Sternberg |
B. | Ernst Lubitsch |
C. | Alfred Hitchcock |
D. | John Ford |
Answer» A. Josef von Sternberg |
95. |
Which of the following is an ideal device on which camera can be mounted for taking various kinds of dynamic shots? |
A. | Dolly |
B. | Track |
C. | Crane |
D. | Jibarm |
Answer» D. Jibarm |
96. |
An establishing shot is……………….. |
A. | an extreme long shot |
B. | a wide angle shot |
C. | a mid shot |
D. | an extreme close-up |
Answer» B. a wide angle shot |
97. |
Who among the following film makers created one of the world cinema’s most comic characters, Mr. Hulot? |
A. | Charles Chaplin |
B. | Buster Keaton |
C. | Robert Bresson |
D. | Jacques Tati |
Answer» D. Jacques Tati |
98. |
The first event in his first film was a close-up of a razor slicing the human eye ball. Who is this Spanish surrealist film author? |
A. | Ousmane Sembene |
B. | Ingmar Bergman |
C. | Luis Bunuel |
D. | Tomas Gutierrez Alea |
Answer» C. Luis Bunuel |
99. |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s authorized biography “A Life in Cinema” is written by |
A. | M.F. Thomas |
B. | Madhu Eravankara |
C. | Gautaman Bhaskaran |
D. | Derek Malcolm |
Answer» A. M.F. Thomas |
100. |
Bert Haanstra’s classic documentary........................ documents Holland’s struggle against the sea |
A. | Delta Project |
B. | Delta Finale |
C. | Delta Phase I |
D. | The Eastern Scheldt |
Answer» C. Delta Phase I |
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