110+ Introduction to Cinema Solved MCQs

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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