Deck 8: Photography, Film, and Video

Question 1

What technical elements are necessary to create a photograph?

A) Light-sensitive material, a negative, and a lens
B) A camera obscura, photogenic drawing, and light tight box
C) A daguerreotype, multiple prints, and a lens
D) A light-tight box, a lens, and a light-sensitive material

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What can you do to determine whether a photograph is realistic or manipulated?

A) Be skeptical
B) Check for inaccuracies in the image
C) Consider the photographer's agenda
D) All of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What elements of their photographs can artists control?

A) How their camera works
B) A and C
C) The lighting
D) The weather

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Unlike traditional still cameras that use film, digital photography allows for:

A) Merging multiple images and controlling how much light to let into the camera
B) Controlling how much light to let in the camera and deciding what to keep in the frame
C) Changing colors and merging multiple images
D) Manipulating the time of day and choosing an angle

Question 5

A selfie taken at the Grand Canyon would be considered to be this type of image:

A) Landscape
B) Portrait
C) Documentary
D) Photojournalism

Question 6

If a photographer wants to provide a factual record of something, what kind of photographs is he or she making?

A) Photojournalism
B) Portrait
C) Artistic expression
D) Documentary

Question 7

Photographs made to capture an inner feeling are of this type:

A) Artistic expression
B) Portrait
C) Documentary
D) Traditional

Question 8

Filmmakers must consider which of the following when making a movie?

A) Mise en scène, editing, and artistic expression
B) Editing, sound, and optical illusion
C) Sound, cinematography, and stop-action
D) Mise en scène, editing, and sound

Question 9

Cinematography refers to:

A) The expansion size of the aperture
B) Everything that is filmed
C) How the shots are put in order
D) How the camera is used

Question 10

Shots can be put together:

A) Spacially, temporally, and emotionally
B) Spacially, temporally, and rhythmically
C) Temporally, rhythmically, and artistically
D) Collaboratively, individually, and experimentally

Question 11

Playing soft classical music over a scene of warfare might be a case of sound used to:

A) Oppose mise en scène
B) Oppose cinematography
C) Oppose the auteur
D) Oppose the montage

Question 12

If a film has a story we can follow, even if it is nonlinear, it is:

A) Avant-garde
B) Live action
C) Animated
D) Narrative

Question 13

We would expect most documentaries to be:

A) Narrative and experimental
B) Live action and scripted
C) Narrative and unscripted
D) Scripted and avant-garde

Question 14

Video is different from film because:

A) It directly turns light into negatives
B) It records multiple static moments of motion
C) It uses a camera
D) It turns light into electrical charges

Question 15

What might be the best method for persuading people that what they are seeing is true and happening at that moment?

A) An experimental video
B) A scripted film
C) A documentary on video
D) A documentary on traditional film

Question 16

Artists have to accept and work around the lighting where they take their photographs.

Question 17

A photograph could be both a portrait and photojournalism.

Question 18

In a film, a montage can make juxtapositions of shots jarring.

Question 19

All live-action films are scripted.

Question 20

Traditional video cameras use film.

Question 21

One of the early photographs that created a unique positive image was called a ________ .

Question 22

An artist wanting to provide a factual record of damage done by recent forest fires would probably make photographs that could be considered documentary, photojournalism, and ??????_______ .

Question 23

Filmmakers have to make decisions about a movie's mise en scène, cinematography, editing, and ______ .

Question 24

Films that tell a story and proceed in a logical progression are called ______ films.

Question 25

The process of recording moving images electronically with light is referred to as ______ .

Question 26

Explain whether you think photography is a more technical process than printmaking. Give specific examples.

Question 27

and contrast Timothy H. O'Sullivan's A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (figure 8.10) with the film still from Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (figure 8.28). How might the similarities and differences between the two media affect how they convey their messages?

Question 28

Why do you think people tend to prefer narrative films over experimental or documentary films? Give specific examples.

Question 29

Discuss why a filmmaker might choose to use video or traditional film, depending on the message and the type of film. Give specific examples.

Question 30

Nam June Paik's Video Flag Z (figure 8.37) used videos displayed on old-fashioned TV sets, and Tony Oursler's exhibition at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery in New York (figure 8.38) used videos of people's eyes and mouths inserted into sculptures. Discuss what other ways video artists might want to present their work and why. Give examples.