Timeline of Film Technology: Milestones from Silent Cinema to CGI, Assignments of Material Science and Technology

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 timeline quiz 1 1. First moving images (Lumière brothers) [1] 2. Development of silent cinema from early short films to full-length feature films [1] 3. Gradual emergence of a vertically integrated Hollywood film industry, established by 1930 into five major studios [1] 4. Alan Crosland's, The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson - the first feature film with a soundtrack [1] 5. Rouben Mamoulian's Becky Sharp, the Technicolor Corporation's first feature length, 'three strip' colour film [1] 6. Paramount court case which prevented studios from owning all phases of the production, distribution and exhibition process [1] 7. Emergence of widescreen and 3D technologies [1] 8. Lightweight, portable cameras were produced suitable for hand-held use [1] 9. Steadicam technology developed by cinematographer Garrett Brown [1] 10. More widespread use of computer-generated imagery, most significantly pioneered by Industrial Light and Magic [1] 11. What is this shot size? [1] 12. What does this shot size normally suggest? [1] 13. What is this camera angle? [1] 14. What does this camera angle usually suggest? [1] 15. What type of sound cannot be heard by the characters in the film? [1] SCORE:NAME: Q11 Q13 timeline quiz 4 1. Name two of the five major studios operating in Hollywood in the 1940s. [1] 2. What significant film was released in 1935? [1] 3. The Paramount Court Case of 1948 prevented film studios from what? [1] 4. Development of silent cinema lasted from 1895 until what year? [1] 5. The steadicam was developed in what decade? [1] 6. According to the timeline, CGI has been in widespread use since _____ [1] 7. What significant film was released in 1927? [1] 8. The ___________ Brothers invented the cinematograph? [1] 9. Al Jonson starred in what film? [1] 10. What film is widely considered to be the first colour film? [1] 11. What is this shot size? [1] 12. What does this shot size normally suggest? [1] 13. What is this camera angle? [1] 14. What does this camera angle usually suggest? [1] 15. What type of sound can be heard by the characters in a film? [1] SCORE:NAME: Q11 Q13 timeline quiz 5 1. As well as cinematography and lighting, what other foundations of filmmaking were established during the periods 1895 - 1927? [1] 2. The film studios in 1920s Hollywood were the “Big ____” and the “Little ___” [1] 3. The Little 3 Studios were Columbia, ___________ and United _________ [1] 4. Why is Garrett Brown famous? [1] 5. According to the timeline, CGI has been in widespread use since _____ [1] 6. What significant film was released in 1927? [1] 7. When was the film Becky Sharp released? [1] 8. Al Jonson starred in what film? [1] 9. Who, in 1895, were the first people to create moving images appear via a projection? [1] 10. What significant film was released in 1935? [1] 11. What is this shot size? [1] 12. What does this shot size normally suggest? [1] 13. What is this camera angle? [1] 14. What does this camera angle usually suggest? [1] 15. What editing transition sees one shape replaced by a similar shape? [1] SCORE:NAME: Q11 Q13 timeline quiz 6 1. What key event took place in 1895? [1] 2. What important development took place between 1895 and 1927? [1] 3. What happened in the 1920s? [1] 4. Why is 1927 an important year for film technology? [1] 5. What important event took place in 1935? [1] 6. Why is 1948 an important year for film? [1] 7. What significant development took place during the 1950s? [1] 8. What happened in the late 1950s? [1] 9. Why were the 1970s important for film technology? [1] 10. What key technology was used more widely from the 1990s? [1] 11. What is this shot size? [1] 12. What does this shot size normally suggest? [1] 13. What is this camera angle? [1] 14. What does this camera angle usually suggest? [1] 15. What editing technique shows a long period of time for the characters, in a short period of time on screen? [1] SCORE:NAME: Q11 Q13 timeline quiz 9 1. Why is 1927 important? [1] 2. Widescreen and 3D technologies emerged when? [1] 3. The film directed by Rouben Mamoulian was released when? [1] 4. Why was the film in Q3 important? [1] 5. The feature film with the first soundtrack was called? [1] 6. The film in Q5 was released when? [1] 7. Silent film developed between what years 18_ _ and 19 _ _? [1] 8. Name 4 of the 5 major film studios in the 1920s. [1] 9. Garrett Brown invented what? [1] 10. What technology was used more often from the late 1950s? [1] 11. What is this camera angle? [1] 12. What does this camera angle normally suggest? [1] 13. What is this camera angle? [1] 14. What does this camera angle normally suggest? [1] 15. What is the name of the camera movement where the camera moves from right to left, or left to right, but stays on the base where it is fixed to? [1] SCORE:NAME: Q11 Q13 timeline quiz 10 1. In which decade was the first full colour feature film produced? 1920s 1930s 1940s [1] 2. What is significant about the year 1948? [1] 3. The Jazz Singer was released in what year? [1] 4. Why was the Jazz Singer technologically significant? [1] 5. Who Directed the film that was released in 1935? [1] 5. The steadicam was created in what decade? [1] 6. ILM was a company founded in the 1970s to help create CGI for Star Wars. What decade does it belong to in the timeline? [1] 7. French brothers were some of the first making films when? [1] 8. Name the five major studios operating in Hollywood in the 1940s. [1] 9. What two technologies were used to combat the rise of TVs at home? [1] 10. Silent Films were developed between what two years, according to the timeline? [1] 11. What is this shot size? [1] 12. What does this shot size normally suggest? [1] 13. What is this camera angle? [1] 14. What does this camera angle usually suggest? [1] 15. 15. What camera movement has the camera facing forward but moving up/down? [1] SCORE:NAME: Q11 Q13