Which forms the basis for this piece?

Which of the following provides a good definition of affect?

a) the premise that every work or movement of music can and should convey a multiplicity of emotions b) the premise that every work or movement of music should avoid the expression of emotion c) the premise that every work or movement of music can and should convey a single predominant emotion d) the premise that every work or movement of music should have its emotional domain determined during performance by the performers

Most of the early “100 percent talkies” were visually dull because

A. they required the simultaneous recording of sound and image. B. they required that the camera move for every shot. C. the actors could not remember their dialogue. D. the editing was too expressionistic.