Sample Questions

Sample Questions Note - some of these are for adding new information to your list of things to know for the exam.

1) a stinger is a: • a) loud sound representing an emotion or discovery; • b) sound representing a dissolve; • c) sound representing a fade; • d) sound representing a wipe;

2) Orchestration is: • a) the art of conducting an orchestra; • b) deciding which parts of a film need orchestral music; • c) deciding how big an orchestra should be; • d) the art of setting music for orchestra.

3) Music for Alexander Nevsky was composed by: • a) Dimitri Tiomkin; • b) Leonard Bernstein; • c) Erich Korngold; • d) Sergei Prokofiev.

4) Talkies first appeared in the: • a) 1890s; • b) 1920s; • c) 1910s; • d) 1930s.

5) first time a pianist provided musical accompaniment to film was in: • a) New York City; • b) London; • c) Moscow; • d) Paris.

6) The Adventures of Robin Hood was completed in: • a) 1918; • b) 1939; • c) 1932; • d) 1948.

7) Outside of the composer, the most important creative force for sound in a film is the: • a) orchestrator; • b) contractor; • c) conductor; • d) recording engineer.

8) Silent films were almost never: • a) violent; • b) long; • c) silent; • d) credited.

9) rushes are: • a) dailies; • b) roughcut films; • c) films of the filming of a movie; • d) fraternity pranks.

10) a temp track is: • a) a temporary track of dialog; • b) a temporary track of sound; • c) a temporary track of music; • d) a temporary track of film.

11) a cut is a: • a) fade out from one before another; • b) quick transition from one shot to another; • c) fade out from one before another; • d) another term for dissolve.

12) Mickey Mousing is: • a) a term for cartoons; • b) a term for sound matching action; • c) an affectionate term for films about animals; • d) actions which represent animals.

13) dynamics are: • a) rhythm of music; • b) timbre of music; • c) chords of music; • d) loudness of music.

14) a wipe is where: • a) one image pushes the other offscreen; • b) one image dissolves into another; • c) one image fades away while another fades in; • d) two scenes quickly transition from one shot to another.

15) Spotting is: • a) deciding where the music goes; • b) deciding where dialog goes; • c) determining which spots need leitmotives; • d) determining which spots need stingers.

16) Silent Film often had: • a) music that did not fit the action; • b) music to accompany fades; • c) music played by actors; • d) music with lyrics.

17) onomatopoeia is: • a) music under/over dialog; • b) particular point of arrival; • c) balance of music to film as a whole; • d) sounds like what it is.

18) An icon is: • a) under the credits; • b) an overarching theme; • c) lion's roar or NBC motto; • d) during travel and fades.

19) a Foley artists are responsible for: • a) film editing; • b) sound effects; • c) diegetic music; • d) recording.

20) foreshadow means to: • a) create a mood; • b) another word for stinger; • c) create a transition; • d) portend a mood to come next.

21) Most films have more: • a) dissolves; • b) fades; • c) cuts; • d) wipes.

22) Music for E. Sissorhands was composed by: • a) Vangelis; • b) Danny Elfman; • c) Bernard Herrmann; • d) Leonard Rosenman.

23) black and white film emphasizes: • a) faces; • b) character; • c) shadows; • d) the sky.

24) Film music orchestras have: • a) some of the world's best musicians; • b) fewer musicians than regular orchestras; • c) no conductor; • d) musicians who can play in the dark.

Sample Questions