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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who made the kinetoscope?
L.K.W Dickson
K.W.L Dickson
W.K.L. Dickson
L.W.K Dickson
- 2. Multiple Choice
who made the Cinematographe?
Louis and Auguste Luiere
Louis and Auguste Lumere
Louis and Auguste Lumie
Louis and Auguste Lumiere
- 3. Multiple Choice
how was the first moving picture made?
a series of pictures of a horse
a flip book
animation
optical illusion
- 4. Multiple Choice
what was the first ever action movie called?
the amazing thieves
batman
the great train robbery
grand theft
- 5. Multiple Choice
The first special effects film – first to use editing.
Fred Ott’s Sneeze
The Kiss
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
A Trip to the Moon
- 6. Multiple Choice
Excited the first wave of moralistic reaction to a movie romance.
Fred Ott’s Sneeze
The Kiss
The Great Train Robbery
Watering the Gardener
- 7. Multiple Choice
Introduced physical comedy to film.
Fred Ott’s Sneeze
The Kiss
A Trip to the Moon
Watering the Gardener
- 8. Multiple Choice
Considered to be the first whole film by the Library of Congress.
Fred Ott’s Sneeze
The Kiss
The Great Train Robbery
Watering the Gardener
- 9. Multiple Choice
The first film shown to a paying audience.
Workers leaving the Lumiere factory
A Horse in Motion
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
The Kiss
- 10. Multiple Choice
A “motion” picture made with 12 to 24 consecutive shots of a camera. The film was made as part of a bet.
Workers leaving the Lumiere factory
A Horse in Motion
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
The Kiss
- 11. Multiple Choice
One of the first narrative films by Edwin S. Porter.
Birth of a Nation
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
The Great Train Robbery
Fred Ott’s Sneeze
- 12. Multiple Choice
This film demonstrated George Melies’ ability to incorporate magic and fantasy into narrative film.
A Trip to the Moon
Birth of a Nation
Watering the Gardener
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
- 13. Multiple Choice
By what name did Muybridge refer to his creations?
Series pictures
Films
Motion pictures
Cinematography
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who was the first person to use a single camera to take multiple pictures and replaced the photographic plates with a coated paper film?
Eadweard Muybridge
Etienne-Jules Marey
Thomas Edison
George Eastman
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who is said to be the “American father of the movies”?
Eadweard Muybridge
Etienne-Jules Marey
Thomas Edison
George Eastman
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who is credited with developing a new kind of film that was strong, transparent, thin, and the same width and quality from one batch to another?
Eadweard Muybridge
Etienne-Jules Marey
Thomas Edison
George Eastman
- 17. Multiple Choice
Who tried to invent a machine that recorded both sounds and images through phonograph technology?
Eadweard Muybridge
Etienne-Jules Marey
Thomas Edison
George Eastman
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who was the director of Edison’s motion picture project?
W. K. L. Dickson
The Lumiere brothers
Georges Melies
D. W. Griffith
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who is credited with building the first movie studio?
Eadweard Muybridge
Etienne-Jules Marey
Thomas Edison
D. W. Griffith
- 20. Multiple Choice
What was the first studio called?
The Black Betty Bam a Lam
The White Winnie
The Black Maria
The Betty White
- 21. Multiple Choice
What were the biggest problems with early projection?
The projector needed a more powerful light source
The projector needed to run more smoothly
The film needed to be stronger
All of the above
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which film was the first to consist of more than one shot?
Fred Ott’s Sneeze
The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory
The Kiss
- 23. Multiple Choice
Who edited the first film?
W. K. L. Dickson
The Lumiere brothers
Georges Melies
Alfred Clark
- 24. Multiple Choice
Who built the first functional projector and built a more versatile camera called the cinematographe?
W. K. L. Dickson
The Lumiere brothers
D. W. Griffith
Alfred Clark
- 25. Multiple Choice
He set up cameras along a racetrack to take a series of pictures of a horse running.
Eadweard Muybridge
Etienne-Jules Marey
Thomas Edison
George Eastman
- 26. Multiple Choice
He was a magician who discovered that film could not only be used to document the real but also be used to manipulate reality.
The Lumiere brothers
Georges Melies
Alfred Clark
D. W. Griffith
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