Fms 200 Film History Midterm - Asu 49 Correctly Answered Questions Latest Update

What happened in the Mutual Film Crop vs. Commission of Ohio decision? {Ans: Ohio can arrest anyone showing film not allowed in the state, state board must approve film. Theater owners thought this violated freedom of speech.}About RKO House Style {Ans: No studios Had distribution and theaters Least categorized, least profitable 3/4 was good "B" movies Val Lewton - Horror}What are the three parts of creating a film? {Ans: Production, Distribution, and Exhibition}Define blind bidding {Ans: Bidding on a star without movie being made}3 elements of a genre? {Ans: Semantic - The words, the guy in mask Syntactic - arrangement in shot Pragmatic- how people view story}What did the Edison Trust do? {Ans: Fixed Prices, exclusive contract with Kodak, owned theaters so no foreigners could show films, put Independents out of business}