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This section includes 242 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor Multimedia Communication (B.M.M.C.) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Jib arm is a/an………………………. |
| A. | arm of the camera |
| B. | transition device in video film editing |
| C. | device on which camera lense is mounted for flexible movement |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 152. |
The life of Eskimos is pictured by Robert Flaherty in his classical documentary …… |
| A. | man of aran |
| B. | nanook of the north |
| C. | nanook of the south |
| D. | man of arabia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 153. |
“Men and Maggotsâ€, “Drama on the Quarterback†are sequences in the classical movie, ____________, produced in 1925 by a Russian film maker who formally studied engineering and architecture. |
| A. | Strike |
| B. | Battleship Potemkin |
| C. | Ivan the Terrible |
| D. | Old and New |
| Answer» C. Ivan the Terrible | |
| 154. |
The intellectual montage theory can be traced back to “A corner in wheat†(1909) made by _________. |
| A. | Lev Kulashev |
| B. | Dziga Vertov |
| C. | Vsevlod Pudovkin |
| D. | D. W. Griffith |
| Answer» E. | |
| 155. |
Which amongst the following films is considered as the first film to use synchronized sound as a means of telling a story? |
| A. | The Green Forest |
| B. | Mother Goose Tales |
| C. | Singing in the Rain |
| D. | The Jazz Singer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 156. |
An objective camera angle is referred to as...... |
| A. | high angle |
| B. | Low angle |
| C. | Zoom - in angle |
| D. | audience point of view |
| Answer» E. | |
| 157. |
A .................... is a series of scenes, or shots, complete in itself. |
| A. | sequence |
| B. | take |
| C. | tracking shot |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. take | |
| 158. |
A continuous view filmed by one camera with out interruption |
| A. | Camera Angle |
| B. | Shot |
| C. | Aerial shot |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Aerial shot | |
| 159. |
The first shot is a man looking up. The second shot is a low angle shot of a high rise apartment. The second shot is a .................shot |
| A. | long shot |
| B. | mid – shot |
| C. | extreme long shot |
| D. | point - of - view |
| Answer» E. | |
| 160. |
........................... defines the place or setting where the action is laid. |
| A. | scene |
| B. | shot |
| C. | Sequence |
| D. | Take |
| Answer» B. shot | |
| 161. |
“Malayala CinimayudeKadha is written by......... |
| A. | V.K. Joseph |
| B. | P. Bhaskaran |
| C. | Vijaya Krishnan |
| D. | Kozhikodan |
| Answer» D. Kozhikodan | |
| 162. |
The first Malayalam Feature film “Vigathakumaran†was shown to the public at the Capitol theatre in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 November .......................... |
| A. | 1928 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1931 |
| Answer» B. 1926 | |
| 163. |
He always evaded questions about his first feature film released in 1971. His last film released in 1986 was produced with money collected from film lovers in Kerala. Though he has produced only four feature films (one in Tamil and 3 in Malayalam) he has been much talked about in film circles. Who is this film maker? |
| A. | Pavithran |
| B. | P.N. Menon |
| C. | P. A. Baker |
| D. | John Abraham |
| Answer» E. | |
| 164. |
Bert Haanstra’s classic documentary........................ documents Holland’s struggle against the sea |
| A. | Delta Project |
| B. | Delta Finale |
| C. | Delta Phase I |
| D. | The Eastern Scheldt |
| Answer» D. The Eastern Scheldt | |
| 165. |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s authorized biography “A Life in Cinema†is written by |
| A. | M.F. Thomas |
| B. | Madhu Eravankara |
| C. | Gautaman Bhaskaran |
| D. | Derek Malcolm |
| Answer» B. Madhu Eravankara | |
| 166. |
Who among the following film makers created one of the world cinema’s most comic characters, Mr. Hulot? |
| A. | Charles Chaplin |
| B. | Buster Keaton |
| C. | Robert Bresson |
| D. | Jacques Tati |
| Answer» E. | |
| 167. |
An establishing shot is……………….. |
| A. | an extreme long shot |
| B. | a wide angle shot |
| C. | a mid shot |
| D. | an extreme close-up |
| Answer» C. a mid shot | |
| 168. |
The first event in his first film was a close-up of a razor slicing the human eye ball. Who is this Spanish surrealist film author? |
| A. | Ousmane Sembene |
| B. | Ingmar Bergman |
| C. | Luis Bunuel |
| D. | Tomas Gutierrez Alea |
| Answer» D. Tomas Gutierrez Alea | |
| 169. |
Which of the following is an ideal device on which camera can be mounted for taking various kinds of dynamic shots? |
| A. | Dolly |
| B. | Track |
| C. | Crane |
| D. | Jibarm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 170. |
The first movie theatre was opened to the paying public on 28th December 1895 by Lumiere brothers in the basement room of the Grand Café in …………………….. |
| A. | London |
| B. | New York |
| C. | Munich |
| D. | Paris |
| Answer» E. | |
| 171. |
The Blue Angel, a Marlene Dietrich film is directed by………………….. |
| A. | Josef von Sternberg |
| B. | Ernst Lubitsch |
| C. | Alfred Hitchcock |
| D. | John Ford |
| Answer» B. Ernst Lubitsch | |
| 172. |
Which of the following is a Buster Keaton movie? |
| A. | The General |
| B. | Long Pants |
| C. | Sons of Desert |
| D. | City Lights |
| Answer» B. Long Pants | |
| 173. |
The horizontal movement of the camera is called…………………….. |
| A. | tilting |
| B. | zooming |
| C. | panning |
| D. | dollying |
| Answer» D. dollying | |
| 174. |
…………………………….is a trial performance of talents to assess their ability to act. |
| A. | Screen test |
| B. | Screen interview |
| C. | Rehearsal |
| D. | Audition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 175. |
“Kino-Pravdaâ€, a newsreel of unstaged shots is produced by………………….. |
| A. | V.I. Pudovkin |
| B. | Siegfried Kracauer |
| C. | Dziga Vertov |
| D. | Mack Sennett |
| Answer» D. Mack Sennett | |
| 176. |
Which is the film production company launched jointly by Griffith, Chalpin, Mary Pickford and Doughlas Fairbanks? |
| A. | United Artist’s Corporation |
| B. | Paramount |
| C. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| D. | Rex Pictures |
| Answer» B. Paramount | |
| 177. |
………………….was the first film maker who introduced parallel action editing (cross-cut) to heighten the anxiety of the audience. |
| A. | Cecil Hepworth |
| B. | D.W. Griffith |
| C. | Mack Sennette |
| D. | Stuart Blackton |
| Answer» C. Mack Sennette | |
| 178. |
“Train Arriving the Platform†is one among the early actuality film shot by……………… |
| A. | Edwin S. Porter |
| B. | Eadweard Muybridge |
| C. | Georges Milies |
| D. | Lumiere Brothers |
| Answer» E. | |
| 179. |
“The Great Train Robbery†is made by………………………. |
| A. | Auguste Lumiere |
| B. | Thomas Alva Edison |
| C. | Edwin S. Porter |
| D. | Thomas Armat |
| Answer» D. Thomas Armat | |
| 180. |
IFFK is held every year in ……………………….. |
| A. | New Delhi |
| B. | Goa |
| C. | Thiruvananthapuram |
| D. | Mumbai |
| Answer» D. Mumbai | |
| 181. |
The Kerala Government’s lifetime achievement award in the field of cinema is named after |
| A. | Satyan |
| B. | P. Subramanian |
| C. | J.C. Daniel |
| D. | Ramu Kariat |
| Answer» D. Ramu Kariat | |
| 182. |
Film and Television Institute of India under the Union I & B Ministry is located in………………… |
| A. | Mumbai |
| B. | Chennai |
| C. | Kolkotha |
| D. | Pune |
| Answer» E. | |
| 183. |
Story board narrates the story of the movie through……………………….. |
| A. | rough sketches |
| B. | film strips |
| C. | story synopsis |
| D. | comic strips |
| Answer» B. film strips | |
| 184. |
Which of the following films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan won the British Film Institute Award? |
| A. | Swayamvaram |
| B. | Mukhamukham |
| C. | Elipathayam |
| D. | Anantharam |
| Answer» D. Anantharam | |
| 185. |
The Hollywood movie “Dam 999†is made……………………. |
| A. | Viswanath |
| B. | Sohan Roy |
| C. | Shyamalan |
| D. | Deepa Nair |
| Answer» C. Shyamalan | |
| 186. |
In which of the following films did Chaplin appear as a hired killer? |
| A. | The Kid |
| B. | The Pilgrim |
| C. | Monsieur Verdoux |
| D. | The Gold Rush |
| Answer» D. The Gold Rush | |
| 187. |
“Night and Fogâ€, the classical documentary on the mass killings during the second world war was made by……………………….. |
| A. | Roberto Fellini |
| B. | Dziga Vertov |
| C. | Roman Polanski |
| D. | Allain Resnais |
| Answer» E. | |
| 188. |
Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an …………………………film maker |
| A. | Iranian |
| B. | Iraqui |
| C. | Israeli |
| D. | Afghani |
| Answer» B. Iraqui | |
| 189. |
Robert Wiene’s movie……………first used the expressionist-cubist world of horror through painted shadows, the irregular non-perpendicular chimneys, doors and windows. |
| A. | Warning Shadows |
| B. | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| C. | Metropolis |
| D. | Destiny |
| Answer» C. Metropolis | |
| 190. |
During the evolutionary period of cinema Eadweard Muybridge experimented the shooting of ………………………… |
| A. | a fireman extinguishing fire |
| B. | workers leaving a factory |
| C. | the sneeze of a lab assistant |
| D. | the galloping of a horse |
| Answer» E. | |
| 191. |
………………………is a device which converts motion picture film image into video |
| A. | cinetal |
| B. | telecine |
| C. | telepic |
| D. | motiontel |
| Answer» C. telepic | |
| 192. |
Treatment, a terminology in cinema means……………… |
| A. | synopsis of a film |
| B. | a proposal for the production of a film |
| C. | a short written outline of a film specifying how the story is to be told |
| D. | summary of the story |
| Answer» D. summary of the story | |
| 193. |
The French movie “Breathless†is considered as a/an………film |
| A. | avantgarde |
| B. | cinema verite |
| C. | underground |
| D. | neo-realist |
| Answer» B. cinema verite | |
| 194. |
Who directed Aadaminte Makan Abu? |
| A. | Salim Ahamed |
| B. | Sunny Joseph |
| C. | Sohan Roy |
| D. | Lenin Rajendran |
| Answer» B. Sunny Joseph | |
| 195. |
Which among the following films has a sequence on the torture of the revolting public at the steps of Odessa? |
| A. | Unchien Andalou |
| B. | Battleship Potemkin |
| C. | Spartacus |
| D. | Birth of a Nation |
| Answer» C. Spartacus | |
| 196. |
Which among the following films won an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956? |
| A. | Bhuvanshome |
| B. | Apur Sansar |
| C. | Neem Annapoorna |
| D. | Pather panchali |
| Answer» E. | |
| 197. |
Sir David Attenborough is a renowned…………………………. |
| A. | script writer |
| B. | film editor |
| C. | feature film director |
| D. | video documentary director |
| Answer» E. | |
| 198. |
Mike Pandey is …………………….. |
| A. | a wild life film maker |
| B. | a film critic |
| C. | producer of a music reality |
| D. | Hollywood film actor |
| Answer» B. a film critic | |
| 199. |
Steadicam is………………………… |
| A. | a device on which camera is mounted |
| B. | a camera fitted to the body of a person who shoots |
| C. | a device fitted to a camera for flexible shots |
| D. | a small camera used during shoots for publicity shoots |
| Answer» C. a device fitted to a camera for flexible shots | |
| 200. |
Which among the following Indian film festivals is devoted exclusively to short films? |
| A. | TIFF |
| B. | IFFI |
| C. | MIFF |
| D. | IFFK |
| Answer» D. IFFK | |