Before we begin...
The number of stages in Pre-Production.
Nine.
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
What is Jaws?
The largest department on set.
What is the Grip and Electric Department?
“Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.”
What is The Wizard of Oz, 1939?
The number of cuts during the editing process.
What is four?
Searches for places to film based on the script and practicality.
Who is the Locations Scout?
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
What is Back to the Future?
They are in charge of every on-set effect, from creating artificial snow or rain to orchestrating a car crash or an epic explosion.
Who is the Special Effects Supervisor?
“Show me the money!”
What is Jerry Maguire, 1996?
The dialogue that cannot be salvaged from production tracks and must be re-recorded.
What is ADR or Automated Dialogue Replacement?
A schedule crafted by the assistant director, using the director's shot list. It is issued to the cast and crew to inform them of where and when they should report for a particular day of filming.
What is the Call Sheet?
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, an industrialist gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
What is Schindler's List?
They are in control of all aspects of the film, and are the primary person responsible for the storytelling, creative decisions and acting of the film.
Who is the Director?
“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.”
What is Dead Poets Society, 1989?
Their ultimate goal is to crystallize the vision of the filmmaker and find a way to sell it.
Who is the Executive Producer?
Assembles the Camera Department, plans shots with the Director, and determines any special equipment that might be necessary for the shoot.
Who is the Cinematographer or Director of Photography?
A recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
What is Sleepless in Seattle?
These people, such as the director, editor, and certain actors, negotiate payment before shooting begins.
What is "Above the Line"?
“Here's looking at you, kid.”
What is Casablanca, 1942?
Generally speaking, ______ costs about an additional quarter to half of the film’s budget.
What is Marketing?
A series of sketches that represent the different shots in a scene, with each frame or panel depicting the angle and composition of a particular shot.
What is the Storyboard?
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
What is the Shining?
This term literally means "placing on stage". But in film, it encompasses everything the camera is capturing.
What is "Mise-en-scene"?
“Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!”
What is The Jazz Singer, 1927?
Film promotion generally including press releases, advertising campaigns, merchandising, franchising, media, and interviews with the key people involved with the making of the film, like actors and directors.
What is a Press Junket or Film Junket?