media studies quiz 3

This dramatic device is used for emphasis since normally it is avoided in standard radio production, it is

dead air

This dramatic device is used to indicate a passage of time, it is

a musical bridge

The dramatic device of compensating for the listener's inability to see the action used is

verbal reinforcement

The dramatic device of telling the story in the present but the action in the past is called

flashback

This is how most people recognize a radio program

radio signature

News story cover guy

Herb Morrison

This conservative radio commentator,who developed a cult following and almost ran for President, was against Roosevelt's New Deal. He was

Father Coughlin

Known for his knowledge and use of radio for political purposes including his "fireside chats" this person was known as "'the great communicator" He was

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

This is an excerpt from a radio program which dramatized news stories each week. This program's name was

March of Time

At the end of Top Hat we are led to believe that Jerry can't marry Dale because she has married Alberto Beddini until we learn that

the "priest" that married Dale and Beddini was really Horace's valet, Bates.

In his pursuit of Dale Tremont, Jerry Travers sings "Isn't it a Lovely Day" which is ironic because

It's raining

In the 2nd act of the London Show in Top Hat, Jerry Travers performs on stage with a tuxedoed male chorus. While performing the title song of the movie, Travers uses his cane to

Shoot down the dancers and down the last one with an invisible bow and arrow

In the movie Top Hat, the shot of Jerry Travers driving the hansom cab through London with Dale Tremont as his passenger used the production techinique of

in a studio using rear projection

The movie Top Hat that we saw was a

backstage musical

The movie Top Hat that we saw was produced by what studio

RKO Pictures

The movie Top Hat that we saw featured songs written by

Irving Berlin

The movie Top Hat that we saw starred

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

In the example of "Immortal Sherlock Holmes" that we heard in class, the story is being told in the first person by Doctor Watson that is the use of

A first person narrator as observer

In the example of "Slow Burn" that we heard in class, the story is being told in the first person by a participant over the phone to

a reporter, Todd Sloane, who is an identified reciever

The dramatic device that provides the listener with an insight into the type of person a character is called

voice characterization

The reason generally given for why "War of the Worlds" had the effect that it did on the public was because

It copied the familiar radio news style of the time, leading many people to believe it was real

Which of the following was NOT present in "War of the Worlds" to contribute to the effect it had on the public

Announcements every five minutes about the fact that it was a radio play

In the late 1930 radio stations banding together through the NAB established a competitor for the ASCAP royalty gathering company. It was

BMI

The ABAs Canon 35

Banned the use of radio, recordings, and photography in the courtroom

The forth radio network to come into existence (in 1934) was

The Mutual Broadcasting System

The law that empowered the Federal Trade Commission to regulate false or misleading advertising was the

Wheeler- Lee Act

When the FCC was established in 1934, it had

seven commissioners appointed by political party

The Communications Act of 1934 established this agency to oversee all forms of interstate communication in the United States. It was the

FCC

The last wire service to agree to sell to radio stations and networks was

AP

In 1936 the wire service that even went so far as to create and sell broadcast style copy to radio stations and networks was

UP

In 1935 the wire services that broke ranks and decided to sell copy to radio stations and networks anyway were

UP and INS

A loophole in the compromise that helped to end the "Press Radio War" was that while there were restrictions on when radio newscasts could operate, the radio stations and networks could schedule people to talk about news events at any time . These radio personalities were called

commentators

Efforts to solve the "Press Radio War" involved coming to a compromise between the wire services, the newspapers, and radio broadcasters called the

Biltmore Agreement

Which of the following is NOT a reason why radio is blamed for the end of vaudeville?

Radio did its shows from the vaudeville stage and audiences didn't like it.

During the period from 1930 to 1940, the percentage of homes with radios in the US

increased from 40% to 81%

In The Jazz Singer the main character had a major decision to make between

performing opening night of his Broadway show or serving as a cantor in the synagogue

In the Jazz singer the main character's father disowned him when he didn't become what he wanted him to be which was a

Cantor in the Synagogue

The star of the Jazz Singer who was also known as "The World's Greatest Entertainer" was

Al Jolson

The PhoneFilm system of sound recording was invented by

Lee DeForest and Ted Case

The studio that produced the first sound feature film and offered it in theaters was

Warner Brothers

The radio dramatist who created the "Lights Out Everybody" series (we heard an example from "Revolt of The Worms") was

Arch Obler

By the 1930s the person who started off as a Marconi operator and had risen through the ranks to become President of RCA was

David Sarnoff

Radio's first daily newscaster who began on the NBC Blue network in 1930 was

Floyd Gibbons

The person who in the mid to late 1930's developed the second radio ratings service that used same time phone call techniques was

C.E Hooper

The radio dramatist who directed and starred in his productions on the "Mercury Theater of The Air" and First person singular programs

Orson Welles

The evangelist who used radio to campaign against the repeal or prohibition

Billy Sunday

The person who invented and demonstrated FM radio in the 1930s

Edwin Armstrong

Considered a minor studio, created inexpensive westerns and horror movies like Dracula and Frankenstein

Universal

Known for producing Citizen Kane and musicals like Top Hat, had Orson Welles, Fred Astaire, and Ginger Rogers under contract

RKO Pictures

The last major studio to form, it had Darryl F. Zucker as its head, Had Shirley Temple and Henry Fouda under contact

Twentieth Century Fox

Considered a Minor Studio Run by Harry Cohn, this studio was the most cost conscious and didn't own any theaters, predominantly made comedies with Director Frank Capra at the helm

Columbia

This studio had "more stars than there are in heaven" as its motto, Made the Wizard of Oz, Louis B Mayer at its head

MGM

Considered a minor studio, it was formed by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks , distributed many of the industry's most expensive films

United Artists

This studio was headed by Adolph Zukor, controlled more theaters than any other studio, and had the Marx brothers under contract.

Paramount

This studio reaped the benefits of being the first to produce sound features, made memorable movies in all genres, Jack Warner was at its head

Warner Brothers

Escapist films of the 1930s included genres such as

Gangster films, horror films, and musicals

Films that were created primarily in the 1930s as "feel good" movies designed to provide audiences with relief from the miseries of life were known as

escapist films

When exhibitors schedule films based on a description from the studio, sight unseen, it is known as

Blind Booking

A distribution practice used by studios to force a theater to take a group of films, including B- Pictures for exhibition, if the theater wanted to show the studio's A-Pictures was known as

Block Booking

The United States was divided up into geographic areas and films moved from first run higher priced theaters to second and third run theaters with lower prices. This was known as

Run Zone Clearance

When actors, actresses, producers, writers, directors, etc. were the only employees of one studio and were literally "owned" by the studio and were not able to freelance, it was called being

under contract

A(n) ________ is a studio's best effort designed either for maximum box office or as a loss leader to maintain to studio's prestige

A-picture

A(n)_________ is a run of the mill production, made quickly, efficiently, and as inexpensively as possible

B-picture

The craft costs of a film including props, sets, technical equipment, transportation, catering costs and salaries of the technical personnel are known as

Below the line costs

The administrative costs of a film including all of the major creative personnel such as the screenwriter, producer, actors, and director are known as

Above the line costs

The practice of producing movies with creative personnel under long term contracts and pursuing vertical integration through ownership or effective control of distributors and movie theaters was known as the

Hollywood Studio System

A disadvantage to using the Vitaphone system was

It had serious and notorious synchronization problems

An advantage to using the Vitaphone system was

its fidelity was superior

A distinguishing feature of The Jazz Singer was that it was

Mostly a silent film with a sound track and short sections of synchronized sound

A large sound proof enclosure used in the early years of sound film to keep the sound out of the camera's motor from being recorded on the sound track was known as the

Ice box

The PhoneFilm system used a

sound on film (optical)

The Vitaphone system used a

sound on disk system

The first system developed by Warner Brothers was known as

The Vitaphone

In the 1930s there were three news wire services operating in the United States. They were

Associated Press, United Press, and the International News Service

Radio Drama is said to have two major inherent strengths. One of these is the fact that listeners are forced to use their imaginations and develop pictures in their own minds of what characters and settings look like. This is called radio's

Abstract Nature

A second strength is the fact that listeners felt like they knew the people who came into their homes over the radio. This is known as tadio's

Intimate quality

Who is the director/producer of Stagecoach

John Ford

Executive Producer of Stagecoach

Walter Wanger

Dallas in Stagecoach

Claire Trevor

Ringo Kid in Stagecoach

Marion Morrison

Geronimo

Fierce Apache Chief in Stagecoach

A basic guideline in filmmaking that states that two characters in the same scene should have the same left right relationship to each other

180 degree rule

If the camera does not follow the 180 degree rule it is considered...

Crossing the line

What is a dead man's hand? - Stagecoach

Aces and Eights

What are the Top 5 movies of 1939?

1) Gone with the Wind 2) The Wizard of Oz 3)The Hunchback of Notre Dame 4) Jesse James 5) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Intimate quality. Abstract nature.

What are two inherent strengths of radio drama?

Associated Press, United Press, International News Service.

What are the names of three news wire services in the 1930's?

Production, Distribution, Exhibition.

What are three areas into which the motion picture industry is organized?

He invented and demonstrated FM radio

Edwin Armstrong

President of RCA

David Sarnoff

He was radio's first daily newscaster. He began the NBC Blue network

Floyd Gibbons

he is known for his knowledge and use of radio for political purposes including his "fireside chats". He was known as "The Great Communicator".

Franklin D. Rosevelt

He is the evangelist who used radio to campaign against the repeal of prohibition

Billy Sunday

He is was a conservative radio commentator who developed a cult following and almost ran for President. He was against Roosevelt's New Deal

Father Charles Coughlin

He developed the second radio ratings service. It used same time phone call techniques.

C.E. Hooper

He was an American radio reporter best known for his dramatic report of the Hindenburg disaster

Herb Morrison

He was the radio dramatist who directed and starred in his productions on the "Mercury Theater of the Air" and "First Person Singular" programs.

Orson Wellles

He was the radio dramatist who created the "Lights Out Everybody" series.

Arch Obler

The press didnt want radio reading the news as it would decline sells in newspapers.

What was the Press-Radio War?

Biltmore agreement

What agreement was reached as a result of the Press-Radio war?

It is the term used for newscasters that were allowed to "comment" on news stories.

What are commentators?

United Press (UP) and International News Service (INS)

What wire services decided to sell to the radio broadcasters in 1935?

United Press (UP)

What was the wire service that first provided broadcast style copy in 1936?

Associated Press (AP)

What was the last wire service to sell to broadcasters in 1939?

46% to 81%

What were the percentage of homes with radio at the start and end of the 1930's

the rise of broadcast radio

Why did vaudevill collapse?

This is an excerpt from a radio program which dramatized news stories each week.

What is "March of Time" ?

It established the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to oversee all forms of interstate communication in the US.

Communications Act of 1934

There were 7 commissioners appointed by political party.

How many commissioners did the Communications Act of 1934 have? How were they selected?

was the fourth radio network to come into existence

Mutual Broadcasting System

30 radio evening addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt

What was "Fireside Chats"?

The American Bar Association (ABA) implements the Canon 35 which bans the use of radio, recordings, or photographs in courtrooms. The ban will last for almost 40 years.

What was ABA Canon 35? What did it do?

A law that gave the Federal Trade Commission the power to regulate false or misleading advertising.

Wheeler-Lee Act

Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) was created by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to serve as a competitor to ASCAP in the music royalty business.

What is BMI? Who created it and why?

A radio broadcast that copied the familiar news style of the time. It made people believe that it was real.

What was "War of the Worlds"?

another character in the story that is not the narrator. This character appears as a participant in the events. His feelings and thoughts remain a mystery to the reader. example is Linegen vs. The Ants

First person narrator as participant

The narrator is a character in the story who tells the story from his point of view. He relays his thoughts and feelings but does not know other characters thoughts and feelings. an example is Immortal Sherlock Holmes, "Occupied chambers together

First person narrator as an observer

Staring at the clock

Identified receiver of a story

The Thing on the Foible Board - "Rough Neck

Unidentified receiver of a story

You/your/etc..." - Teases to get you to listen to a program (3 skeleton key)

Second person narration

The Lone Ranger - "What they didn't know..." (All-knowing)

Third person omniscient narrator

telling the story in the present but the action is in the past

Flashback

The dramatic device that provides the listener with an insight into the type of person a character is

Voice characterization

a dramatic device of compensating for the listener's inability to see the action used

Verbal reinforcement

a dramatic device is used to indicate a passage of time

Musical bridge

A dramatic device is used for emphasis since normally it is avoided in standard radio production

Dead air

by which most people could recognize a radio program

Radio signature

marketing movies based on WHO is in the cast rather than the basis of WHAT the movie is about

What was the "star system"?

it was created by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Doug Fairbanks.

Who created United Artist Studio?

Vitaphone

What was the name of Warner Brother's first sound system?

Sound on Disk and Sound on Film

What are the two types of film sound recording systems?

A large sound proof enclosure used in the early years of sound film to keep the sound of the camera's motor from being recorded on the sound track

What was an "Ice Box"?

Warner Brothers

What studio was the first to offer a sound feature film in theaters?

Lee DeForest and Ted Case

Who invented the PhoneFilm?

sync'd sound

What were the advantages/disadvantages of using sound on disk system?

Is a mostly a silent film with a sound track and short sections of synchronized sound

The Jazz Singer

Practice of producing movies with creative personnel under long-term contract and pursuing vertical integration through ownership or effective control of distributors and movie theaters

What was the "Hollywood studio System?

The administrative costs of a film including all of the major creativepersonnel such as the screenwriter, producer, actors, and director

what are "above the line" costs?

The craft costs of a film including props, sets, technical equipment (camera and lights), transportation, catering costs etc...

what are "below the line" costs?

A studio's or producer's best effort designed either for maximum box office or as a loss leader to maintain the studio's prestige (in Golden Age days). Uses the finest talent and strives for the highest production values. Rented for box office intake - 25 to 30%.

What are A-pictures?

The run of the mill production of a studio. Made quickly, efficiently, and as inexpensively as possible. Rented for a flat fee.

What are B-pictures?

Actresses, actors, producers, directors, writers, craftspeople, stuntmen, and technicians who worked (were "owned") by Studios.

Actresses, actors, producers, directors, writers, craftspeople, stuntmen, and technicians who worked (were "owned") by Studios. What did it mean to be under contract?

A distribution practice used by the studios to force a theater to take a group of films, including B-Pictures, for exhibition

what is block booking?

Exhibitors schedule films based on a description from the Studio, sight unseen

what is blind booking?

clearance" time between runs--which meant that movie goers waited from a month to a year to see films at their neighborhood theaters

what is Run-Zone-Clearance?

Hays Code

What was the main reason for the MPPDA production code?

feel good" movies designed to provide audiences with relief from the miseries of life. generes included: Gangster films, horror films, and musicals

What is an escapist film?

combining foreground performances with pre-filmed backgrounds. It was widely used for many years in driving scenes, or to show other forms of "distant" background motion.

What is rear screen projection?

What film used rear-screen projection?

Top Hat

two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called "crossing the line

What is the 180 degree rule in cinematography?

aces and eights in playing cards

What is "dead man's hand"?

What film displayed a "dead man's hand"?

Stagecoach