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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor Multimedia Communication (BMMC) , Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia (BA Multimedia) .
| 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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