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Documentary and Experimental Cinema in the Postwar Era, 1945-mid-1960s
Multiple Choice
1
Which of these trends was not important for postwar documentary production?
A)
film newsreel
B)
ethnographic film
C)
compilation film
D)
nature film
2
Which French filmmaker directed the documentary
Nuit et brouillard
(
Night and Fog
), a study of a Nazi concentration camp?
A)
Chris Marker
B)
Georges Franju
C)
Alain Resnais
D)
Jean Rouch
3
In what genre of documentary did Jean Rouch make films?
A)
Free Cinema
B)
Direct Cinema
C)
personal documentary
D)
ethnographic film
4
Which of these statements is true of the Direct Cinema documentary movement?
A)
it was also known as
cinema verite
B)
it was influenced by Italian Neorealism
C)
it often adopted a "crisis structure"
D)
all of the above
5
Which of the following was not a technical innovation that led to Direct Cinema?
A)
light-weight 16mm cameras
B)
magnetic sound recording
C)
digital editing
D)
wireless sound-image synchronization
6
Who was Robert Drew?
A)
the Hollywood producer profiled in the documentary
Showman
B)
the director of the Bob Dylan documentary
Don't Look Now
C)
the photojournalist who produced many Direct Cinema films, including
Primary
D)
the Canadian director of several "Candid Eye" films
7
Which French documentary directed by Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin was the most influential Direct Cinema film made in any country?
A)
Pour la suite du monde
(
For the Rest of the World
)
B)
Chronique d'un ete
(
Chronicle of a Summer
)
C)
Le Joli Mai
(
The Pretty May
)
D)
none of the above
8
What sort of experimental films did Maya Deren make?
A)
experimental ethnographic films
B)
Beat films
C)
trance films
D)
experimental animation
9
Which of these characteristics describes the films of Stan Brakhage?
A)
Romantic
B)
lyrical
C)
abstract
D)
all of the above
10
Which of these was not a significant trend in postwar avant-garde cinema?
A)
cubist film
B)
compilation film
C)
psychodrama
D)
experimental narrative
11
Which of these is a central example of underground film?
A)
Maya Deren's
Meshes of the Afternoon
B)
Stan Brakhage's
Anticipation of the Night
C)
Kenneth Anger's
Scorpio Rising
D)
Bruce Conner's
Report
12
Which of the following does not describe Andy Warhol's films of the 1960s?
A)
technically accomplished camerawork, sound, and cutting
B)
very long films of minimal action
C)
"camp" sensibility
D)
use of "superstar" performers
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