Show:
Film History Buffs
The Final Cut
Lights, Camera, Action
Famous Auteurs
Headwaters Film Trivia
100
The first movie ever made.
What is 'The Horse in Motion', 'Roundhay Garden Scene', or 'Arrival of the Train at La Ciotat'?
100
The name of our professional editing software.
What is Premiere?
100
What an aperture is.
What is the physical device built into the lens that is set either open or closed to let in or shut out light (also determines f-stop measurement)?
100
The director of 'Night of the Living Dead'.
Who is George Romero?
100
Where to find forms for Office Hours & Equipment Checkouts.
Where is the class main page/online syllabus?
200
The first narrative film ever made.
What is 'The Cabbage Fairy' or 'The Great Train Robbery'?
200
The format we use to export our films.
What is H.264/.MP4?
200
The way to set your frame rate and shutter speed in order to achieve a slow motion shot with motion blur.
What is a higher frame rate (more than 24 or 30 fps) and slow shutter speed (slower than twice your frame rate)?
200
This man made the first movie ever. He was also a murderer.
Who is Eadweard Muybridge?
200
The tab where you'll find Monday Movie Trivia, Filmmaking Exercises, and How to Download and Export Films.
What is "All Film Classes"?
300
1 example of why the internet lists so many films as being "the first" (and therefore cannot be trusted to simply give you the answer).
Answers vary.
300
3 ways to affect changes to your volume.
What are: Use audio mixer, raise/lower orange DB bar, use pen tool, volume effect, denoiser effect, etc.?
300
3 ways to create a scene that looks like professional 35 mm film using HD cameras?
What are: Use three point lighting, low key or high key lighting; Create a shallow depth of field; Set camera to neutral; Use anticipatory framing; Follow 180-degree rule; Follow the rule of thirds OR very intentional symmetry; Use all elements of production design; Keep your camera moving; ETC.?
300
3 trademarks that make the director of NOTLD an auteur.
What are: He always combines zombies + social issues/political messages; uses budgets, locations, and actors outside of Hollywood/true indie, low budget filmmaking; performs multiple crew roles; classic Hollywood influences/formalism; experiences as the child of immigrants affect his work by exploring "fear of the other" and outsider filmmaking; women and minorities are often the lead; follows many horror genre tropes in all films; ETC.
300
The name of three film festivals that Khabele students have screened at and/or won awards.
What are AFF, AYFF, and SXSW?
400
Why women filmmakers were better represented in the 1890s than today.
What is: Women were actively pushed out and not hired once films started making money; Hollywood [and many other institutions] has allowed sexual harassment and assault to persist without consequence; ETC.
400
4 ways to create a title.
What is: Command + T; Title>New Title; File>New>New Title; Right Click>New Title; Title>Still; Title>Crawl; Title>Roll?
400
4 examples of tech specs for most of our films in this class (format type, aspect ratio, fps, shutter speed, etc.)
What is HD, 1080 x 1920, 24 or 30 fps, 50 or 60 shutter), etc.?
400
The first woman director, possibly the first narrative filmmaker, and the first woman to own her own production company (Solax) that produced over 400 films!
Who is Alice Guy-Blache?
400
4 *specific* examples of Local Film Events students can choose from. (Hint: Use proper nouns)
Austin Film Festival, AYFF (festival and events), Fantastic Fest Youth Panels, SXSW, Austin Asian-American Film Festival, Austin School of Film events, Alamo Drafthouse special screenings, local film productions & competitions (48 Hr Film Projects, etc.)
500
The names and brief explanations of/traits for 5 FILM MOVEMENTS throughout film history (up to the present).
Answers vary.
500
5 types of transitions AND 5 types of effects. (Hint: video and/or audio)
More than sixty possibilities, including the most often used: Cross Dissolve, Film Dissolve, Additive Dissolve, Dip to Black, Dip to White, Wipe, Gradient Wipe, Slide, Push, Iris, 3-D Cube-Spin, Page Peel, Exponential Fade, Constant Fade, Constant Power, Color Key, Ultra Key, Color Correction, Brightness & Contrast, Strobe Light, Flash Light, Mosaic, Tint
500
15 static and 8 moving shot types.
What are... STATIC: EWS, WS, LS, MS, MCU, CU, ECU, profile, quarter profile, worm's eye view, bird's eye view, overhead shot, high angle, low angle, OTS, POV, dutch/canted angle, cowboy shot, cutaway, cut-in/insert... MOVING: dolly, zoom, dolly zoom, pan, track, tilt, jib, crane, dutch tilt, follow, helicopter shot, drone shot...
500
Five auteurs that fit into the traits and period of the New Hollywood/Brat Pack/Film School Generation film movement.
Who are Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schraeder, Stanley Kubrick, George Romero*, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian de Palma, Roger Corman?
500
3 examples of how you can earn extra credit AND any 3 things you can tell me about reassessment.
EXTRA CREDIT: What is present or write a movie review, help someone make a film outside of your own class project, do extra local film events, etc.? REASSESSMENT: What is attend office hours, only reassess up to 90% on quizzes/summatives, can reassess 100% A+ for film projects, can reassess film projects all semester long.