Deck 10: Cinema Technologies

Question 1

Digital technology is primarily used today in the motion picture industry for:

A) Production
B) Editing
C) Distribution
D) Exhibition
E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Which was not critical to the birth of the motion picture industry?

A) Sound recording
B) Photography
C) Roll film
D) Motion picture projectors

Answer 2

Sound recording

Question 3

Which of the following did not play a role in development of motion picture technology?

A) Thomas Edison
B) George Eastman
C) Auguste Lumiére
D) Guglielmo Marconi

Answer 3

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 4

The technology that had the greatest impact on motion picture attendance was:

A) Radio
B) Television
C) DVD
D) Internet

Question 5

Which is NOT an impact of cloud computing on the film industry:

A) Reduction in piracy of films
B) Lowering the cost of post production
C) Allowing many people to work on post production of a film at the same time
D) Creating new types of collaboration among filmmakers

Question 6

The Hayes Production code

A) Established technical standards for synchronizing audio with film projection.
B) Was a compromise between Eastman and Edison that created a standard for projectors so that films from any studio could be displayed in any theater.
C) Was an effort by the Roosevelt administration to control the rapidly-growing motion picture industry.
D) Was a voluntary code that was intended to suppress immorality in films.

Question 7

Which of the following should be expected to be in greatest demand by motion picture producers over the next five years?

A) 2 sided DVDs
B) 3D cameras
C) 4K cameras
D) 7 channel audio
E) 9-step editing

Question 8

Which is true about motion picture frame rate:

A) It has always been superior to television
B) It has gradually improved from 1930 until today
C) Peter Jackson experimented with a higher frame rate for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
D) It is superior in Europe as compared to the U.S.

Question 9

With the number of distribution channels for movies increasing each decade, discuss why movie theaters continue to play such an important role in the motion picture industry.

Question 10

If you are producing a movie today, explain whether you would shoot and distribute it in 2D or 3D and why you made that choice. Make sure your discussion explores cost, genre, and audience factors.

Question 11

Discuss the relative importance of the different elements of the technology ecosystem in the history of the motion picture industry. Which element has played the most important role in the survival of the industry?