Mood, Plot, Story
Character Motivation
Shot Composition
Filmmaking Process
Film Trivia (not on quiz)
100
Everything that happens (both shown and implied). All the events in order.

What is story?

100

The emotional or psychological reasons behind a character's choices.

What is internal motivation?

100

The type of shot used to establish the setting of a scene and show the movement of a subject within their surroundings.

What is a wide shot/long shot?

100

The part of the process where raw footage is edited to create a final product.

What is post production?

100

Director Richard Linklater filmed this coming of age drama with the same actors over 12 real years to watch them naturally age on screen.

What is Boyhood (2014)?
200

____ refers to the overall emotional atmosphere or feeling that a film/scene creates for the audience

What is mood?

200

Examples of external motivation. 

What is anything that's an event, relationship, or obstacle?

200

This shot is used to show a character's emotion or reaction (smiling, crying, reacting to news).

What is a close up shot?

200

The stage in which you form the shot lists, prop/costume list, scout locations, and create the production schedule.

What is pre production?

200

This famous director has a home in the Beaches of Toronto and has a ceremonial key to the city.

Who is Guillermo Del Toro?
300

What is chosen to be shown and how its shown. How the events are arranged and revealed to us.

What is plot?

300

A character's actions driven by a deep seated fear of being alone can be described as this type of motivation.

What is internal motivation?

300

The purpose of this shot is to convey instability, tension, or disorientation. 

What is a dutch angle shot?

300

The 3 main parts of the ideas stage.

What is brainstorming, planning, screenwriting?

300

This film has the highest grossing opening weekend at the box office of all time.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

400

_____ describes what the viewer is meant to feel while watching.

What is tone?
400

The central conflict born from the two main characters motivations in the short film "Bao"

What is the desire to protect and keep the dumpling close clashes with the dumpling's desire for independence?

400

According to rule of thirds, this is where a filmmaker should place a subject to create a more dynamic and balanced shot.

What is along the 2 horizontal or 2 vertical lines and/or where they cross? (aka "power points")

400

One of the elements of a storyboard.

What is panels, images, and titles and captions?

400
This director made the following films: Princess Bride, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally, and Stand By Me was killed by his own son.

Who is Rob Reiner?

500

Two choices that filmmakers can make to shape the plot.

What is foreshadowing, withholding information, point of view changes, or flashbacks/non-linear storytelling. 

500

2 techniques a filmmaker can use to show a character's motivation without using any dialogue. 

What is music, facial expressions, flashbacks, physical actions, shot composition? (main answers)

(also accept creating obvious conflicts, physical actions, and color grading, inaction, weather/setting, motifs/symbols, foreshadowing, clothing)

500

The purpose of this rule is to maintain consistent visual left/right spatial relationships between characters.

What is the 180 degree rule?

500
Most important part of production phase.
Sticking to the schedule and make sure you have all the footage you need before moving on.
500

The first non-english film to win best picture at the Oscars.

What is Parasite?
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