Oscar Winners
This movie was announced as the winner of the 2017 Oscars before the producer had to step forward and announce that they weren't actually the winner
What is La La Land
This famous animated property famously finished every piece of media with the name of this category, typically stuttered out by the pig member of their crew
What is Looney Tunes?
Steven Spielberg famously had to change his script to limit how often the shark was on screen in Jaws because of this rather inconvenient habit that Bruce the shark had
What is malfunctioning/breaking down in the water?
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson shot to super-stardom off the back of this dystopian young adult series
What is The Hunger Games?
This family of red spandex heroes gives a different perspective on the "heroic family" idea
Who are The Incredibles?
This movie earned its creator a unique Oscar statue, representing the diminuitive stars and their gracious princess
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
This animation based production company was created by a former Disney executive and he took advantage of that by making their first feature film a copy of a film that Pixar was making at the time he left
What is Dreamworks?
If a director wants to film a scene chronologically from beginning to end without cutting away, they'll attempt this type of extended shot
What is a oner/long take?
This now despised series about a wizard school started the somewhat unfortunate trend of splitting your last movie into two parts
What is Harry Potter?
This man has inadvertently ended up with full credit for the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite him not directing a single movie in the franchise
Who is Kevin Fiege?
This was the first non-English movie to win the Best Picture Oscar. Too bad it too 91 years to do it
What is Parasite?
Disney seem to not like the medium of animation at the moment, as they are making these based on their existing library of films
What are Live Action Remakes?
A filmmaker wants two actors of similar height to appear dramatically different in size without using digital effects. They decide to take a leaf out of Peter Jackson's book and use this technique, most famously used during the production of Lord of the Rings
What is forced perspective?
In one of Spielberg's rare adaptations, he took the novel written by this author when making Jurassic Park
Who is Michael Crichton?
This director brought new life to the character of Thor, who had become fairly one note after his portrayal in Thor: The Dark World
Who is Taika Waititi?
This poor guy had been acting for 36 years before finally winning his first Oscar. Unfortunately his bear co-star wasn't even nominated
Who is Leonardo Dicaprio?
This stop motion studio created Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings and ParaNorman
What is Laika?
Shooting has finished for an actor and the crew applauds their final completed scene. In filmmaking terminology, that actor has done this
What is wrapped?
This movie makes its source material known, literally having two characters reading the book to each other
Even in the comics, the Suicide Squad is made up of some of the most obscure villains and anti-heroes in the DC universe, including this hero portrayed by James Gunn's real life brother in The Suicide Squad
Who is Weasel?
Three films share the record for the most Academy Award wins with 11 each: Titanic, The Return of the King and this epic
What is Ben-Hur?
The Adventures of Prince Achmed beats out Snow White and The Seven Dwarves for this historic title for the medium of animation
What is the Oldest Surviving Feature Length Film?
Alfred Hitchcock demonstrated that audiences could interpret the exact same facial expression differently depending on the shot placed immediately after it. This phenomenon is named for this Soviet filmmaker
Who is Lev Kuleshov?
Philip Pullman despised the Chronicles of Narnia series and used that hatred when writing this series, yet followed in Narnia's footsteps of making an adaptation so bad they refuse to finish the series
What is The Golden Compass/His Dark Materials?
This Zack Snyder directed movie put the director on the map, despite how unbelievably far from the original comics he took the morals and message
What is Watchmen?