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V Semester
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FILM STUDIES
Question Bank

1. Citizen Kane (1941) is a film by.................

A. Eisenstein B. Hitchcock C. Bazin D. OrsonWelles
2. The technique introduced by OrsonWellesin his Citizen Kaneis.........................
A. Deep focus B. Soft Focus C. Jump cut D. Close up
3. Montage by attraction is the creation of.............
A. Eisenstein B. Bazin C. Renoir D. Murnoe
4. Jeanne d’Arc is by.........
A. Orson Welles B.Dreyer C. Bazin D. Satyajith Ray
5. Who was the precursor of Welles in the use of deep focus?
A. Mulvey B. Jean Renoir C. Metz D. Godard
6. Satyajit Ray’s essay ‘‘what’s wrong with Indian films?’ was published in the year.......
A1978 B. 1945 C. 1977 D. 1948
7. Who is the director of Kalpana?
A. Ajay Kumar B. UdaySankar C. Sreekumar D. Dattani
8. In which country does cinema find its greatest growth?
A. America B. India C. Germany D. France
9. Who is the director of Rashomon?
A. Mulvey B. Jean Renoir C. Metz D. Akira Kurosava
10. Rashomon gives us……………… different points of view of the incident.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
11. Which film by Kurosawa won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival?
A. Rashomon B. Seven samurai C. God father D. Charulatha
12. ………….is the large gate mentioned in Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon
A. Golden gate B. Dark entry C. Rashomon D. The gate

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13. ..............is the French term which means, literally, "put in the scene"
A. Mise-en-scène B. Cahiers du cinema C. cinema verite D. mise en shot
14. Who is the director whom Bazin cites often in his writings on the long take and deep focus?
A. Eisenstein B. Orson Welles C. Hitchcock D. Godard
15. A style or technique of cinematography in which only one plane of the image is in focus.
A. shallow focus B. deep focus C. Long take D. short take
16. .............is a technique in which objects very near the camera as well as those far away are in
focus at the same time.
A. shallow focus B. deep focus C. Long take D. short take
17. .............is a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time.
A. Scene B. Take C. shot D. frame
18. ..............shot is also called a wide shot
A. Long B. Short C. Medium D. Close up
19. .............is a cut where there is no match between the two spliced shots.
A. Face cut B. Jump cut C. Super cut D. Slide cut
20. The first feature film released in October 1927, which was originally presented as a talkie
was...............
A. Alamara B. Balan C. God Father D. The Jazz Singer,
21. Psychologie du Cinema is a work by......................
A. Murnoe B. Marlraux C. Merlin D. Copola
22. A ...........shot tightly frames a person or an object
A. Close up B. Medium C. long D. Short
23. ………shots are used for distinguishing main characters.
A. Close up B. Medium C. long D. Short
24. Cross cutting is also called………………….
A. Jum cutting B. continuity editing
C. invisible editing D. Parallel editing
25. A ………….. cut is also called a graphic match
A. Match cut B. Jump cut C. smooth cut D. short cut
26. …………….cut is the opposite of match cut
A. Short cut B. long cut C. Jump cut D. axial cut
27. Which is the basic film editing guideline that states the camera should move at least 30
degrees between shots of the same subject occurring in succession?
A. 30-degree rule B. 80 degree rule C. axial rule D. degree rule
28. Mention the type of cut which is a striking violation of 30 degree rule
A. Short cut B. long cut C. Jump cut D. axial cut
29. Name the certificate issued by the censor board for the unrestricted public exhibition
throughout India, suitable for all age groups.
A. A B. U C. UA D. S

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30. Which will be the certificate issued by the censor board for films for which all ages are
admitted, but it is advised that children below 12 be accompanied by a parent as the theme or
content may be considered intense or inappropriate for young children.
A. A B. U C. UA D. S
31. What does the certificate A by the censor board stand for?
A. Axial B. Adult only C. Assassin D. adultery
32. Which is the hybrid genre emerged from fiction film and documentary?
A. Do-fiction B. fictional docu
C. Docu fiction D. Documentary
33. Nanook of the North is a documentary film by………………
A. Hitchcock B. Flaherty C. Murnoe D. Welles
34. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) is an example for thriller by ……………
A. Hitchcock B. Flaherty C. Murnoe D. Welles
35. Which is the first well-known narrative film made by Georges Méliès
A. A Trip to the Moon B. Nanook of the North C. The Week end D. Sky
36. Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's Unchienandalou which is generally considered to be the
most famous experimental film came out in the year.........
A. 1924 B. 1928 C. 1923 D. 1926
37. To which film movement does Vittorio De Sica's 1948 film Bicycle Thieves belong?
A. French New wave B. Italian Neo realism
C. Expressionism D. Surrealism
38. Vittorio De Sica'sfilm Bicycle Thieves came out in the year………
A. 1947 B. 1949 C. 1948 D. 1950
39. With which film did Italian Neorealism come to an end?
A. Umberto D B. Rome Open City
C. The Bicycle Thieves D. The Rope
40. Which theory holds that the director is the "author" of his movies, with a personal signature
visible from film to film?
A. Film theory B. The auteur theory
C. director theory D. movie theory
41. Which is the famous film magazine of French new wave movement?
A. Criterion B. Spectator
C. Cahiers du cinéma D. Film View
42. Who is the father of Indian cinema?
A. Sathyajit Ray B. DadasahebPhalke
C. UdaySanker D. Govinda
43. The DadasahebPhalke Award, for lifetime contribution to cinema, was instituted in his
honour, by the Government of India in …………
A. 1980 B. 1949 C. 1987 D. 1969

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44. Which was the first Indian talking film?

A. AlamAra B. Balan C. PatherPanchali D. Charulatha
45. Who was the director of the first Indian talking film AlamAra
A. ArdeshIrani B. Sathyajith Ray C. DadasahebPhalke D. Udaysanker
46. ArdeshirIrani’sAlamAra was released in………...
A. 1942 B. 1934 C. 1931 D. 1942
47. …………is the first part of Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy
A. Discovery of Apu B. PatherPanchali
C. Apu and Durga D. Apu
48. Satyajit Ray’s PatherPanchaliwas released in the year…………
A. 1955 B. 1978 C. 1965 D. 1923
49. Who is often considered to be the "Father of Montage."?
A. Bazin B. Orson Welles C. Eisenstein D. Hitchcock
50. Battleship Potemkin (1925) is a film by……….
A. Bazin B. Orson Welles C. Eisenstein D. Hitchcock
51. Name the film magazine with which Andre Bazin was associated.
A. Criterion B. Spectator C. Cahiers du cinéma D. Film View
52. Who is known as a proponent of "appreciative criticism"?
A. Bazin B. Orson Welles C. Eisenstein D. Hitchcock
53. "Auteur" is the French word for …………
A. Other B. Over C. author D. Outer
54. Who is theFrenchfilm theorist, best known for pioneering the application of Ferdinand de
Saussure's theories of semiology to film?
A. Laura Mulvey B. Christian Metz C. zevatini D. Godard
55. Who is the author of the essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema"?
A. Laura Mulvey B. Christian Metz C. zevatini D. Godard
56. Mulvey suggests "voyeuristic" and …………….. as the two distinct modes of the male gaze
of this era
A. Peeping B. Fascinating C. Fetishistic D. Rational
57. Whichaccording to Mulvey is the mode of male gazemeant for seeing woman as an image "to
be looked at”?
A. Voyeuristic B. Fascinating C. Fetishistic D. Rational
58. Which according to Mulvey is the mode of male gaze meant for seeing woman as a substitute
for "the lack," the underlying psychoanalytic fear of castration?
A. Voyeuristic B. Fascinating C. Fetishistic D. Rational
59. In which year was sound introduced in film?
A. 1928 B. 1934 C. 1987 D. 1923
60. Charlie Chaplin movies started using sound in the year…………..
A. 1935 B. 1941 C. 1945 D. 1934

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61. Continuity editing is also called………….

A. Parallel Editing B. Axial editing C. Invisible editing D. normal editing
62. Name the type of montage used for conveying a sense of simultaneity of two actions taking
place at a geographical distance by means of alternating shots from each.
A. Accelerated B. Parallel C. Jump D. alternating
63. Who is the director of the famous documentary Nanook of the North?
A. Murnoe B. Metz C. Flaherty D. Abramson
64. Who is the author of the work Our Films Their Films?
A. DadasahebPhalke B. Mulvey C. Sathyajit Ray D. Abramson
65. “Structure and Meaning in the Cinema” is an essay by ………..
A. Murnoe B. Metz C. Flaherty D. Abramson
66. Which is the work by Pasolini that Abramson refers to?
A. The Cinema of Poetry B. The Cinema of life
C. Life D. None of the above
67. Which is the work by Peter Wollen that Ronald Abramson refers to?
A. Signs and Meanings in Cinema B. Signs
C. Signs and symbols D. none of the above
68. …………..is the first film by AdoorGopalakrishnan
A. Charulatha B. Chemmeen
C. swayamvaram D. none of the above
69. Swayamvaramcame out in the year …………
A. 1979 B. 1976 C. 1974 D. 1972
70. The famous Odessa steps appear in which film by Eisenstein?
A. The Battleship Potemkin B. October C. strike D. all of the above
71. Who is the script writer of Vittorio de Sica’s Bicycle Thieves?
A. Abramson B. Metz C. Zavattini D. De sica
72. Vittorio de Sica’s Bicycle Thieves is based on a novel by………..
A. CesareZavattini B. Luigi Bartolini. C. De sica D. Rossellini
73. Mention the year in which Vittorio de Sica'sBicycle Thieves was released.
A. 1954 B. 1948 C. 1976 D. 1934
74. TheGodfather came out in the year…………..
A. 1972 B. 1978 C. 1973 D. 1974
75. Whoisthedirector of The Godfather?
A. Lucaks B. Kurasova
C. Francis Ford Coppola D. none of the above
76. Charulata is a 1964 film by …………….
A. RamuKariat B. Satyajith Ray
C. Bimalroy D. None of the above

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77. Which film won Satyajit Ray his second Silver Bear for Best Director at the 15th Berlin
International Film Festival in 1965?
A. PatherPanchali B. apu Trilogy C. Charulatha D. All of the above
78. Who is the director of Rashomon?
A. Lucaks B. Kurasova
C. Francis Ford Coppola D. none of the above
79. Who is the director of Chemmeen?
A. RamuKariat B. Satyajith Ray C. BimalRoy D. None of the above
80. Chemmeenis a 1965 Malayalam romantic drama film based on the highly acclaimed novel of
the same name by …………………….
A. M.T. Vasudevannair B. O.N.V. Kurup
C. O.V. Vijayan D. ThakazhiSivasankara Pillai
81. Name the political scientist who claimed to have used Rashomon as a starting point for his
magnum opus, Essence of Decision?
A. Graham Allison B. Descartes C. Rossellini D. Voltaire
82. What is the name of the heroine of Charulata?
A. Latha B. Sita C. Charu D. Priya
83. In which year did Charulata win the Golden Lotus Award for Best Film at the National Film
Awards ?
A. 1975 B. 1967 C. 1978 D. 1965
84. Name the newspaper run byBhupati in the film Charulatha?
A. The Sentinal B. the Spectator C. the truth D. the voice
85. BattleshipPotemkin presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in the
year……….
A. 1908 B. 1905 C. 1907 D. 1904
86. 'New Wave Malayalam Cinema' is also called…………
A. Malayalam Parallel Cinema B. New cinema
C. NG cinema D. none of the above
87. AdoorGopalakrishnan’s innovative film Swayamvaram was produced in the year………
A. 1987 B. 1976 C. 1956 D. 1972
88. …………..was originally calledLa Nouvelle Vague
A. The New Wave B. The New movie C. The New Film D. The New Cinema
89. Who is the director of Sunrise?
A. Murnau B. Orson Welles C. Eisenstein D. None of the above
90. Who advocated deep focus?
A. Murnau B. Orson Welles C. Eisenstein D. None of the above
91. October which came out in the year1927 is by…….
A. Murnau B. Orson Welles C. Eisenstein D. None of the above
92. First silent Indian movie is……..
A. Balan B. AlamAra C. The Jazz Singer D. Charulatha

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93. The first foreign language movie to win the American Academy Award?
A. Rashomom B. Seven Samurai C. God Father D. The Week End
94. The first silent movie from Kerala is…….
A. Balan B. AlamAra C. The Jazz Singer D. Charulatha
95. The term film noir is the French for ………
A. Black film B. Dark film C. New film D. none of the above
96. Who are the protagonists of the movie Swayamvaram?
A. Rama-Sita B. Ravi- Priya C. Viswam-Sita D. none of the above
97. The name of the bandit in Rashomon is……..
A. Tajomaru B. Vakulinchuk C. Kurasova D. none of the above
98. …….. is the first feature-length film to be created and rendered entirely using 3D graphics
A. Spider man B. Avatar C.Toy Story D. ChotaBheem
99. Which was the last purely silent main stream feature put out by Holly wood?
A. Points West B. Toy Story C.God Father D. None of the above
100. …………by Hitchcock won the Best Picture, unusual for a psychological thriller film.
A. Psycho B. Dracula C. Frankenstein D. Rebecca

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Answers:

1. OrsonWelles 37. Italian Neorealism

2. Deep focus 38. 1948
3. Eisenstein 39. UmbertoD.
4. Dreyer 40. The auteur theory
5. Jean Renoir 41. Cahiers du cinéma
6. 1948 42. DadasahebPhalke
7. Uday Shankar 43. 1969
8. America. 44. AlamAra
9. Akira kurosawa 45. ArdeshirIrani
10. 4 46. 1931
11. Rashomon 47. PatherPanchali
12. Rashomon 48. 1955
13. Mise-en-scène 49. Eisenstein
14. Orson Welles 50. Eisenstein
15. shallow focus 51. Cahiers du cinéma
16. Deep focus 52. Bazin
17. Shot 53. "author"
18. Long 54. Christian Metz
19. Jump cut 55. Laura Mulvey
20. The Jazz Singer, 56. fetishistic
21. Marlraux 57. voyeuristic
22. A close-up 58. fetishistic
23. Close-up 59. 1928
24. Parallel editing 60. 1941
25. Match cut 61. Invisible editing
26. Jump cut 62. Parallel montage
27. 30-degree rule 63. Flaherty
28. The axial cut 64. Sathyajith Ray
29. U 65. Ronald Abramson
30. UA 66. The Cinema of Poetry
31. Restricted to adult audiences 67. Signs and Meaning in Cinema
(18 years or over) 68. Swayamvaram
32. Docufiction 69. 1972
33. Robert J. Flaherty 70. Battleship Potemkin
34. Hitchcock 71. CesareZavattini
35. A Trip to the Moon in 1902 72. Luigi Bartolini.
36. 1929 73. 1948

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74. 1972 88. The New Wave

75. Francis Ford Coppola 89. Murnau
76. Satyajit Ray 90. Orson Welles
77. Charulata 91. Eisenstein
78. Akira Kurosawa 92. AlamAra
79. RamuKariat 93. Rashomom
80. ThakazhiSivasankara Pillai 94. Balan
81. Graham Allison 95. black film
82. Charu 96. Viswam and Sita
83. 1965 97. Tajomaru
84. The Sentinel, 98. Toy Story
85. 1905 99. Points West
86. 'Malayalam Parallel Cinema. 100. Rebecca
87. 1972

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