WEJEC GCSE Film Studies (Film History)

What year was the first moving images (Lumiere brothers)

• 1895

• 1962

• 1950s

• 1870

What era was silent cinema?

• 1928-1952

• 1990-2000

• 1895-1927

• 1876-1899

What were the top 5 major studios in the 1920s?

• Disney, Nickelodeon, Lions gate, BBC and CITV

• United Arts, Warner brothers, Columbia, MGM and Fox (Twentieth century)

• Columbia, MGM, RKO, Paramount and Universal

• Paramount, Warner Brothers, MGM, Twentieth century fox and RKO

What year was the Jazz singer? (First feature length film with a sound track)

• 1954

• 1935

• 1927

• 1986

What year was the first feature length three strip colour film? (Becky Sharp)

• 1935

• 1945

• 1990

• 1999

What year was the paramount court case that prevented studios from owning all faces of production, distribution and exhibition processes

• 1890

• 1920

• 1948

• 1956

What year was the emergence of widescreen and 3D technology?

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1940s

• 1920s

What year were lightweight portable cameras produced for hand-held use?

• Early 1940s

• Late 1940s

• Early 1950s

• Late 1950s

What year was Steadicam technology developed?

• 1940s

• 1990s

• 1980s

• 1970s

What era was CGI more widespread?

• 1990s onwards

• 1930s onwards

• 1950s onwards

• 1890s onwards