Filmmaking
This crew member operates the camera during filming.
Who is the camera operator?
An up-close shot is primarily used to show this
What is a character's face?
This is the word a director typically says to tell actors and crew to begin filming.
What is "Action"?
This 1999 film directed by David Fincher follows an unnamed narrator who becomes involved with the mysterious Tyler Durden.
What is Fight Club?
The Most Basic Type of edit, one shot is immediately replaced by another
What is a Cut?
These are the three major stages of making a film: planning, filming, and finishing.
(Each Correct Stage is worth $200)
What are pre-production, production, and post-production?
This person is responsible for the visual photography and camera work of a film and is often called the DP.
Who is the Director of Photography?
This is the word a director typically says to stop the filming of a scene.
What is "Cut"?
This 1985 film famously has three different endings, with different explanations for who committed the murders.
What is Clue?
This transition gradually fades one shot into another.
What is a dissolve?
This person helps oversee the practical and organizational aspects of a film, including things like budget and scheduling.
Who is a producer?
This type of shot shows a character within their surrounding environment.
What is a wide shot?
This document contains the dialogue, action, and instructions for a film.
What is a screenplay?
The Director of Jurassic Park
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This type of edit creates a noticeable jump forward in time or position within a scene.
What is a jump cut?
This visual planning tool uses drawings or images to show how the shots in a scene will look.
What is a storyboard?
This shot involves moving the camera along with a character or subject.
What is a tracking shot?
A director uses this document, often created during pre-production, to plan the visual composition and sequence of shots before filming begins.
What is a shot list?
This 1957 film directed by Sidney Lumet takes place almost entirely in a jury room as twelve men debate whether a young defendant is guilty of murder.
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What is 12 Angry Men?
This editing technique combines a series of short shots to condense time or show the development of a character or story.
What is a Montage?
These sound effects are created and recorded separately and then added to a film during post-production to make actions sound realistic.
What are Foley Sound Effects?
This term describes the distance between the closest and farthest objects in a shot that appear acceptably sharp.
What is depth of field?
This term refers to where actors stand and how they move during a scene.
What is blocking?
WORTH DOUBLE POINTS: This 2016 short film, directed by Juanjo Giménez, won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and follows a man who discovers that his reflection is no longer synchronized with his movements.
What is Time Code?
This editing technique deliberately withholds information from the audience by cutting away from an event before its outcome is revealed, then returning to it later.
What is an elliptical cut?