Deck 9: Movies for a New Millennium, 1999-2017

Question 1

This industry term refers to content that can be accessed via streaming sites such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and HBO Go.

A) video-on-demand
B) DVD
C) Blu-Ray
D) UHD 4K

Answer 1

video-on-demand

Question 2

Domestic home video accounts for approximately what percentage of a film's income?

A) 5 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 75 percent

Answer 2

25 percent

Question 3

This industry term means a project is shelved due to accounting concerns and may never be produced.

A) greenlight
B) turnaround
C) preproduction
D) storyboarding

Answer 3

turnaround

Question 4

This industry term refers to a film that is distributed in select cities and gradually expands across the United States.

A) saturated release
B) wide release
C) platforming
D) test screening

Question 5

Approximately what percentage of a film's income does domestic theatrical revenue account for?

A) 15 percent
B) 40 percent
C) 70 percent
D) 99 percent

Question 6

Which media conglomerate owns ESPN and Capital Cities/ABC television?

A) Warner Bros.
B) Fox
C) Disney
D) Universal

Question 7

Sumner Redstone heads this conglomerate, which owns Paramount Pictures, Showtime, MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central.

A) Comcast
B) Sony
C) Viacom
D) Disney

Question 8

Name the Australian chairman of News Corporation, whose holdings include Fox News, a number of European media outlets, and (until recently) 20^th Century Fox.

A) Rupert Murdoch
B) Steve Jobs
C) Jeff Bezos
D) Donald Trump

Question 9

Which term best defines the philosophy that opening weekend is the only barometer of a film's financial success?

A) playability
B) platforming
C) marketability
D) Q rating

Question 10

This industry term translates a star's popularity, clout, and power ranking into a numerical value.

A) P rating
B) Rated R
C) Q rating
D) A-list

Question 11

All of the following are holdings of the Time Warner conglomerate EXCEPT

A) Warner Bros.
B) Life magazine.
C) DC Comics.
D) Marvel Comics.

Question 12

This industry term refers to the practice of how a distributor strategically defines a given film and determines where, how, and to whom it is advertised.

A) marketing
B) positioning
C) postproduction
D) P&A

Question 13

The increase in corporate conglomeration and boardroom oversight has led to which industry trend?

A) an increase in the acquisition of independent films
B) an increase in the production of adult dramas and prestige fare
C) an increased dependence on market research
D) a decrease in blockbuster production

Question 14

Movies are typically released in two seasons.Which season is predominantly geared towards Oscar-contending fare?

A) spring
B) summer
C) fall
D) winter

Question 15

Name the media conglomerate that owns NBCUniversal, NBC, DreamWorks, Universal, and Internet service providers, and whose holdings make it the largest media conglomerate in the world.

A) Time Warner
B) Disney
C) Viacom
D) Comcast

Question 16

All of the following are features of the 21^st-century theatrical experience EXCEPT

A) stadium seating.
B) IMAX and 3-D.
C) 35mm film prints.
D) sophisticated surround-sound systems.

Question 17

Sony Corporation, a Japanese electronics conglomerate, owns which Hollywood studios?

A) Time Warner, Universal, and MGM
B) MGM, Universal, and Disney
C) Columbia, TriStar, and MGM
D) Miramax, TriStar, and Universal

Question 18

This release strategy best matches the needs of big-budget blockbusters.

A) platforming
B) limited release
C) showcasing
D) saturated

Question 19

This type of trailer is released as much as six months before a film is to be released in theaters and is designed to reveal little more than the stars and the genre.

A) theatrical trailer
B) story trailer
C) teaser trailer
D) supercut

Question 20

This process refers to the practice of screening a rough cut for an audience that is then interviewed by a team of market researchers.Sometimes, the collected data is used to complete the film.

A) greenlighting
B) platforming
C) test screening
D) tentpole

Question 21

This auteur-the filmmaker behind Fight Club and The Social Network-began his career as a teenager working at Industrial Light and Magic before moving into music video production.

A) Paul Thomas Anderson
B) Spike Jonze
C) David Fincher
D) Alexander Payne

Question 22

This type of feature has all but disappeared in the era of media conglomeration.

A) microbudget
B) mid-budget
C) cheap blockbusters
D) mega blockbusters

Question 23

Which of the following are aesthetic trademarks of Sofia Coppola's films?

A) a languid pace, gauzy cinematography, and a fascination with nature
B) a fast pace, crisp cinematography, and a fascination with the city
C) a leisurely pace, emphasis on montage, and an obsession with masculinity
D) all of the above

Question 24

Which of the following are hallmarks of Wes Anderson's aesthetic in films like Rushmore and Fantastic Mr.Fox?

A) an offbeat vibe and casual progression of the narrative
B) long takes and deft moving camerawork
C) uniquely constructed and dressed sets
D) all of the above

Question 25

This comic-book adaptation became the first of its kind to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

A) Iron Man
B) X-Men
C) The Dark Knight
D) Batman Begins

Question 26

This actor turned filmmaker is most notable for his controversial film The Passion of the Christ.

A) Nicolas Cage
B) Mel Gibson
C) Arnold Schwarzenegger
D) Tom Cruise

Question 27

Sofia Coppola won this major award for her 2017 feature The Beguiled.

A) top prize at Cannes
B) top prize at Sundance
C) an Oscar for Best Director
D) an Oscar for Best Screenplay

Question 28

This industry term refers to films such as Star Wars, Star Trek, and those culled from Marvel and DC Comics.

A) presold
B) independent
C) art house
D) mini-majors

Question 29

This Todd Haynes film extensively uses color to showcase a budding interracial romance in 1950s America.

A) Safe
B) Carol
C) Far from Heaven
D) Velvet Goldmine

Question 30

The hero of The Hurt Locker returns to Iraq at the end of the film due to what development?

A) He has been drafted to return to service.
B) He believes in the U.S.mission in Iraq.
C) He cannot adjust to everyday life and misses the adrenaline rush of bomb defusing.
D) His best friend has been kidnapped and he must rescue him.

Question 31

This female auteur-the daughter of Hollywood royalty-began her career with an acclaimed adaptation of The Virgin Suicides.

A) Kathryn Bigelow
B) Sofia Coppola
C) Kirsten Dunst
D) Drew Barrymore

Question 32

Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director for which film?

A) Point Break
B) Zero Dark Thirty
C) The Hurt Locker
D) Blue Steel

Question 33

This Sofia Coppola film stars Scarlett Johansson as a young woman who befriends an aging Hollywood celebrity in Japan.

A) The Bling Ring
B) Somewhere
C) The Beguiled
D) Lost in Translation

Question 34

This Sofia Coppola film highlights the superficiality of conspicuous consumption and the celebrity through its use of costuming, makeup, and hairstyling.

A) The Bling Ring
B) Somewhere
C) Lost in Translation
D) Marie Antoinette

Question 35

This 21^st-century franchise combined state-of-the-art special effects, cyberpunk, Hong Kong-style kung fu films, Eastern mysticism, and postmodern theory.

A) Indiana Jones
B) Mission: Impossible
C) Star Wars
D) The Matrix

Question 36

According to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, women directors accounted for what percentage of feature films in 2015?

A) 7 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 40 percent
D) 60 percent

Question 37

Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Twilight all belong to this genre of popular literature.

A) young adult
B) sci-fi
C) cyberpunk
D) comic books

Question 38

Which of the following is a theme of The Dark Knight?

A) That Batman is guilty of violating procedure, regulations, and civil rights in the face of imminent danger.
B) That Batman is a moral absolute and will always be heroic.
C) That democracy will overcome any obstacles in its path.
D) That the people will always unite behind their heroes.

Question 39

This 21^st-century auteur graduated from UCLA and has spent his career working on small-budget films focused on character studies about aging and failure, such as About Schmidt, Sideways, and Nebraska.

A) Paul Thomas Anderson
B) Spike Jonze
C) David Fincher
D) Alexander Payne

Question 40

This New Hollywood auteur won his first Oscar for Best Director for the 2006 film The Departed.

A) Francis Ford Coppola
B) Robert Altman
C) George Lucas
D) Martin Scorsese

Question 41

Choose either the Time Warner or Disney conglomerate and outline its holdings and name one of its franchises.

Question 42

Describe the process of production in the 21^st century under the auspices of media conglomerates.What is lost due to such an infrastructure?

Question 43

Choose Kathryn Bigelow or Sofia Coppola and describe how the director would adapt a film based on your life.