Reading Check #7 (Chapter 12)

The motion picture industry produces films that will first be exhibited.

Which of the following release patterns are common in the United States?

The Hollywood film industry

This is an agreement between a distributor and an exhibition firm thatspecifies a number of key details regarding the film’s release

The reason film credits can be so long is that film-making draws on the efforts of numerous people over an extended period of time. The process has many steps, including

The most powerful companies in Hollywood, based on distribution power, are called the

In 1922, the major studios formed the

Cultural colonialism in the American motion picture industry is in some ways a mirror image of the narrowing of ___________ in society.

This term is used to describe the production and distribution executive’s approval of the making of a particular film

How much money must a film earn at the U.S. Box office to be considered a blockbuster?

Early silent films were played in a silent movie theater.

Feature films usually appear in movie theaters before they appear in other ways, such as television or DVD.

A movie getting approval for production is said to be given a checkered flag.

Title testing refers to asking audiences to view rough cuts of movies before their release into theaters and ask them about their reactions.

With the growing popularity of blockbusters, we can see an expanding of cultural diversity in films.

Cultural colonialism refers to the critique that American films are causingharm to other cultures.

Because of language and cultural differences, the early films did not attract many newly arrived immigrants.

Hollywood’s Studio System was characterized by vertical integration.

At first, Hollywood misunderstood the impact that television would have onthe movie industry.

In order to maintain a full roster of films, a distributor will pick up films from independent producers as well as from its own studio.