Practice Test

Buster Keaton

1. Why does he keep a serious face?

he learned acting with his parents in the acts

1. Why is he like Chaplin?

He does mostly everything on accident, and he is mostly like the small guy in the movie

1. How does he perform his stunts?

He does it by himself, with no wires attached to him

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1. What is the significance of the set design?

It reflects on a crazy, demented persons thoughts

1. What was different from German Expressionism acting than from Hollywood?

The acting style was more realistic than fake hollywood

1. How does lighting set the mood in the film?

The lighting actually gives more depth of mysteriousness with Chiaroscuro lighting

Modern Times

1. Why did Charlie Chaplin base his movie Modern Times on the Great Depression?

He wanted to show how the working class was in the great depression.

Eisenstein

1. What other important movie did Eisenstein direct? (Look on the wiki)

October: Ten Days that shook the world

1. How does Eisenstein use the film to develop his theories of film structure?

He develops his film with what is called "intellectual montage"

The Last Laugh

1. Why did Murnau decide to use German Expressionism to this film?

He was one of the first to start a film based on German Expressionism and the fact that he made this film when the genre came out

1. Why was the movie made silent?

The movie was made silent because German Expressionism allowed characters to be more emotional with the lighting, and they would use text titles to show the dialogue

1. What type of lighting did they use?

Chiaroscuro lighting

Metropolis

1. True or False-Freder was in love with both "Robot Maria" and "Maria"?
False
2. Fill in Blank:(Blank) trades places with one of the workers for a day?
Freder

1. True or False-One of the villains in the movie was named "Rotwang"?

True
4. Why did Rotwang originally create his robot?
So the robot can resemble Helen
5. Who did Rotwang change the robot to look like?
He made it look like Maria
6. Who did Joh Fredersen send to spy on his son.

Thin man