Movie History
The name for the early movie theaters, where it only cost 5 cents to see a movie
Word that means "done, occurring, or acting at night"
What is nocturnal?
The three words of "CGI"
What is computer-generated imagery?
The root of the word "unimaginably"
What is image (maybe imagine...if I'm feeling nice)?
Mrs. Wilson's birthday
What is March 29th?
The person who invented the kinetoscope
Who is Thomas Edison?
Word that means "related to something funny or the nature of comedy:
What is "comedic"?
The type of special effect where a camera takes several pictures of a model, but a person moves the model a small amount between each picture
What is stop-motion photography?
A type of verb that connects the subject to the rest of the sentence.
What is a linking verb?
Mrs. Shearer's favorite animal
What is the giraffe?
The city where the first movie studios started, before moving to California
What is New York City?
Word that means "formed or remained in a line while waiting"
What is "queued"?
The first movie to be made completely with CGI
What is Toy Story?
The linking verb in the sentence "When you are running, you seem like a wild goose flying in the air.
What is "seem"?
The highest-grossing (made the most money) film of all time
What is Avatar?
The reason(s) why southern California was a popular place to start film studios
What are the good weather and the scenery?
An individual who positions a microphone on a pole near the actors but out of camera range on a film set
What is a "boom operator"?
The name of a special effect that is created within or by the camera
What is an in-camera effect (or jump cut)?
The phrasal verb in the sentence "I can always count on my friends when I have a hard day in the coal mines and I need extra love and support."
What is "count on"?
The name of the competitor restaurant to the Krusty Krab in Bikini Bottom
What is the Chum Bucket?
The first feature-length motion picture
What is Squaw Man?
The person in charge of a team of people who move equipment around on a film set
What is a "key grip"?
The things filmmakers use to film up close, but make them look very big
What are miniatures, or scale models?
The phrasal verb in the sentence "I won't let my job hold me back from seeing my cats, so I have their pictures on my computer."
What is "hold ___ back"?
Goku's signature attack in the Dragon Ball series
What is the Kamehameha Wave?