Film and Visual Communication Questions and Answers

Q: A cut from one sound to another without breaking continuity is called :

It is called a segue.A segue (pronounced 'segway') is a smooth transition from one sound, piece of music or segment to the next without a break, as when a radio presenter moves straight from one song into another.A fade gradually raises or lowers the volume, harmonics are the overtones of a musical note, and hiss is unwanted high-frequency noise in a recording. None is a continuous cut from one sound to another.

Q: Which film introduced play back songs in India ?

Playback singing was introduced in Dhoop Chhaon.The 1935 New Theatres film Dhoop Chhaon, the Hindi version of the Bengali Bhagya Chakra directed by Nitin Bose, used pre-recorded songs to which actors lip-synced, with R.C. Boral as music director. It is credited as the first Indian film to use playback singing.Raja Harishchandra (1913) was a silent film, the first Indian feature. Alam Ara (1931) was the first Indian sound film, but its songs were sung live by the actors on set.

Q: 'Swish-panning' in production is related to :

A swish pan is a camera movement.A swish pan (whip pan) is a very fast horizontal pan that blurs the image as the camera swings from one point to another. It is used to suggest speed or to link two scenes, often hiding a cut in the blur.It is not about scene composition, lighting or post-production, though a swish pan can be used as a transition; the movement itself is made with the camera.

Q: When a series of images is presented that combine to produce an associative effect is called as :

It is called a montage.Montage is the editing of a series of shots so that together they produce a meaning or association not contained in any single shot. Soviet filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein developed it as a theory of film, and it is also used for sequences that compress time.A jump cut is an abrupt cut within a continuous shot, a cutaway is a shot of something other than the main action, and a wipe is a transition in which one image pushes another off the screen; none describes images combined for an associative effect.

Q: What is IMAX (Image maximum) ?

IMAX is a Canadian motion picture film format.IMAX was developed in Canada by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr and William Shaw, and first shown at Expo '70 in Osaka in 1970. It uses very large film frames (70 mm film run horizontally) and huge screens to give an image of much higher resolution than standard film.Although the first IMAX film was shown in Japan and the company is now widely associated with Hollywood, the format was invented by a Canadian company, so the American, Japanese and Chinese options are wrong.

Q: Films portray women as passive object of male desire. Which media theorist introduced this concept of 'male gaze' for the first time ?

The concept of the male gaze was introduced by Laura Mulvey.In her 1975 essay 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema', the British film theorist Laura Mulvey argued, using psychoanalytic theory, that classical Hollywood cinema puts the spectator in the position of a heterosexual man, with women presented as passive objects to be looked at.Liesbet van Zoonen wrote on feminist media studies, bell hooks on the 'oppositional gaze' of Black women spectators, and Tricia Rose on hip hop, but none introduced the term.

Q: Who is the director of the film 'Village Rockstars' which was nominated as an Indian entry in the best Foreign Film category ?

Village Rockstars was directed by Rima Das.Rima Das, from Assam, wrote, directed, shot and edited Village Rockstars (2017), about a girl in a village who dreams of owning a guitar and forming a rock band. It won the National Award for Best Feature Film and was India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2019.Chaitanya Tamhane directed Court, Amit Masurkar Newton, and Aparna Sen films such as 36 Chowringhee Lane.

Q: As on Feb. 2019 who is the present Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification ?

The CBFC chairman in February 2019 was Prasoon Joshi.The lyricist and advertising executive Prasoon Joshi was appointed Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification in August 2017, replacing Pahlaj Nihalani, whose tenure had been marked by controversies over cuts.Anupam Kher had headed the CBFC earlier (2003-04) and later chaired the Film and Television Institute of India, and Nana Patekar has not held the post.

Q: Who is the director of 'Period-End of Sentence' an India-set documentary film which won an Oscar in the 91st Academy awards ?

The director was Rayka Zehtabchi.Period. End of Sentence, about women in Hapur district, Uttar Pradesh, who make and sell low-cost sanitary pads, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019. It was directed by the Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi.Guneet Monga was its executive producer, and Arunachalam Muruganantham is the inventor of the low-cost pad-making machine used in the film, not its director.

Q: The 2016 Best Picture Oscar went to which film ?

The 2016 Best Picture Oscar went to Spotlight.Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy, won Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards in February 2016. It tells how The Boston Globe's Spotlight investigative team exposed the cover-up of child sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.The Revenant won Best Director and Best Actor that year, Room won Best Actress, and Bridge of Spies won Best Supporting Actor, but none won Best Picture.

31.

A cut from one sound to another without breaking continuity is called :

A.Segue
B.Harmonics
C.Fade
D.Hiss

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: A

It is called a segue.

A segue (pronounced 'segway') is a smooth transition from one sound, piece of music or segment to the next without a break, as when a radio presenter moves straight from one song into another.

A fade gradually raises or lowers the volume, harmonics are the overtones of a musical note, and hiss is unwanted high-frequency noise in a recording. None is a continuous cut from one sound to another.

Discuss in Forum

32.

Which film introduced play back songs in India ?

A.Dhoop Chhaon
B.Raja Harishchandra
C.Alam Ara
D.Aparadhi

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: A

Playback singing was introduced in Dhoop Chhaon.

The 1935 New Theatres film Dhoop Chhaon, the Hindi version of the Bengali Bhagya Chakra directed by Nitin Bose, used pre-recorded songs to which actors lip-synced, with R.C. Boral as music director. It is credited as the first Indian film to use playback singing.

Raja Harishchandra (1913) was a silent film, the first Indian feature. Alam Ara (1931) was the first Indian sound film, but its songs were sung live by the actors on set.

Discuss in Forum

33.

'Swish-panning' in production is related to :

A.Camera movement
B.Scene composition
C.Lighting
D.Post-production

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: A

A swish pan is a camera movement.

A swish pan (whip pan) is a very fast horizontal pan that blurs the image as the camera swings from one point to another. It is used to suggest speed or to link two scenes, often hiding a cut in the blur.

It is not about scene composition, lighting or post-production, though a swish pan can be used as a transition; the movement itself is made with the camera.

Discuss in Forum

34.

When a series of images is presented that combine to produce an associative effect is called as :

A.Jump cut
B.Montage
C.Cutaways
D.Wipe

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

It is called a montage.

Montage is the editing of a series of shots so that together they produce a meaning or association not contained in any single shot. Soviet filmmakers such as Sergei Eisenstein developed it as a theory of film, and it is also used for sequences that compress time.

A jump cut is an abrupt cut within a continuous shot, a cutaway is a shot of something other than the main action, and a wipe is a transition in which one image pushes another off the screen; none describes images combined for an associative effect.

Discuss in Forum

35.

What is IMAX (Image maximum) ?

A.Canadian motion picture film format
B.American motion picture film format
C.Japanese motion picture film format
D.Chinese motion picture film format

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: A

IMAX is a Canadian motion picture film format.

IMAX was developed in Canada by Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr and William Shaw, and first shown at Expo '70 in Osaka in 1970. It uses very large film frames (70 mm film run horizontally) and huge screens to give an image of much higher resolution than standard film.

Although the first IMAX film was shown in Japan and the company is now widely associated with Hollywood, the format was invented by a Canadian company, so the American, Japanese and Chinese options are wrong.

Discuss in Forum

36.

Films portray women as passive object of male desire. Which media theorist introduced this concept of 'male gaze' for the first time ?

A.Van Zoonan
B.Laura Mulvey
C.Bella Hooks
D.Trisia Rose

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

The concept of the male gaze was introduced by Laura Mulvey.

In her 1975 essay 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema', the British film theorist Laura Mulvey argued, using psychoanalytic theory, that classical Hollywood cinema puts the spectator in the position of a heterosexual man, with women presented as passive objects to be looked at.

Liesbet van Zoonen wrote on feminist media studies, bell hooks on the 'oppositional gaze' of Black women spectators, and Tricia Rose on hip hop, but none introduced the term.

Discuss in Forum

37.

Who is the director of the film 'Village Rockstars' which was nominated as an Indian entry in the best Foreign Film category ?

A.Chaitanya Tamhane
B.Amit Masurkar
C.Rima Das
D.Aparna Sen

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

Village Rockstars was directed by Rima Das.

Rima Das, from Assam, wrote, directed, shot and edited Village Rockstars (2017), about a girl in a village who dreams of owning a guitar and forming a rock band. It won the National Award for Best Feature Film and was India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2019.

Chaitanya Tamhane directed Court, Amit Masurkar Newton, and Aparna Sen films such as 36 Chowringhee Lane.

Discuss in Forum

38.

As on Feb. 2019 who is the present Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification ?

A.Pahlaj Nihalani
B.Anupam Kher
C.Prasoon Joshi
D.Nana Patekar

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

The CBFC chairman in February 2019 was Prasoon Joshi.

The lyricist and advertising executive Prasoon Joshi was appointed Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification in August 2017, replacing Pahlaj Nihalani, whose tenure had been marked by controversies over cuts.

Anupam Kher had headed the CBFC earlier (2003-04) and later chaired the Film and Television Institute of India, and Nana Patekar has not held the post.

Discuss in Forum

39.

Who is the director of 'Period-End of Sentence' an India-set documentary film which won an Oscar in the 91st Academy awards ?

A.Gurmeet Mann
B.Rayka Zehtabchi
C.Guneet Monga
D.Arunachalam Muruganathan

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

The director was Rayka Zehtabchi.

Period. End of Sentence, about women in Hapur district, Uttar Pradesh, who make and sell low-cost sanitary pads, won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 91st Academy Awards in 2019. It was directed by the Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi.

Guneet Monga was its executive producer, and Arunachalam Muruganantham is the inventor of the low-cost pad-making machine used in the film, not its director.

Discuss in Forum

40.

The 2016 Best Picture Oscar went to which film ?

A.Room
B.The Revenant
C.Spotlight
D.Bridge of Spies

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

The 2016 Best Picture Oscar went to Spotlight.

Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy, won Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards in February 2016. It tells how The Boston Globe's Spotlight investigative team exposed the cover-up of child sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

The Revenant won Best Director and Best Actor that year, Room won Best Actress, and Bridge of Spies won Best Supporting Actor, but none won Best Picture.

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