40 questions — 5 pts. each — multiple choice, True/False, etc. (no essay or short answer)
I will provide the scantron sheets and tests. I do not supply pencils under any circumstance. Pencils are your responsibility.
Below are just some of the areas you need to focus upon:
1. The moving image devices that came before cinema and their inventors.
2. The important filmmakers of the time and their visual style and consistent characteristics. Why were these people important?
3. Dates: generally speaking, the very specific dates (i.e., month, day, and year) are more important than than particular years.
4. The directors of the films we screened outside of class and the moment in film history they are associated with (e.g., Eisenstein is associated with the Soviet montage).
5. The general design and technical operation of the earliest film devices (e.g., the Lumiere Brothers’ cinematographe)
6. The major editing strategies we discussed in class
7. The stylistic characteristics of particular movements (e.g., Soviet montage, German expressionism, etc.)
8. The ideas associated with the theorists mentioned by name in class.
9. The important historical events that impacted the development of cinema
10. You do not need to know the titles and directors of every film clip I showed in class. However, films that were given special attention in lecture as being major developments (e.g., The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Battleship Potemkin, and others) are fair game.
Please note: There are 40 questions on the exam and only 50 minutes to complete it. You’d be wise to get to class on time or, better yet, early. No additional time will be granted to those who arrive late, no matter the reason.
