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The Auteurs
Making History
The Big Premiere
Lights, Camera, Action!
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A simple definition for a film critic.
What is a film critic is someone who analyzes what makes a film good or bad?
100
A definition of auteur theory.
What is the theory that one filmmaker's voice, style, and trademarks make them the singular "author" of the film?
100
Why Edweard Muybridge is a part of film history.
What is he made the first ever film, Horse in Motion, and he also murdered his wife's suspected lover but got away with it?
100
How editors keep track of all of our files.
What is folders/bins?
100
How to create a shallow depth of field through an aperture.
What is a wide aperture/low f-Stop?
200
The difference between a journalistic and academic film critic.
What is the fact that journalism criticism can be told in first person whereas academic film criticism is in third person, more formally, and also relates films to theory?
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One reason some people do not believe in Auteur Theory.
What is because films are made by so many people, some believe there isn't a single "author"?
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Why 'Horse in Motion' is considered by some to be the first film ever made.
What is that 'Horse in Motion' had multiple cameras that were tripped by the horse itself, but were played on a zoopraxiscope to give the first illusion of moving pictures from real life?
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The difference between an effect and transition in Premiere.
What is effects change the quality of the file and transitions help move from one clip to another?
200
How to create slow motion through your camera.
What is set the camera to record at a high frame rate (ideally more than 60fps)?
300
The definition of film theory.
What is a field that analyzes films as they relate to society, reality, other art forms, or other academic subjects like psychology, politics, etc.?
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The most important auteur in film history (in your opinion) and why.
Answers vary.*
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The reason 'Roundhay Garden Scene' was considered the first film ever made.
What is because, even though it was filmed in 1888, about 10 years after 'Horse in Motion', it was captured all in one device?
300
How to create a title in Premiere.
What is Title>New Title, Right Click>New Title, or Command + T?
300
How to create an effect that makes every frame crisp.
What is raise your shutter speed to more than double your frame rate (so that is opens/closes at more than 1/60 sec)?
400
The name of one film critic and why they are important.
Who are WG Faulkner, Bryer, Sergei Eisenstein, Andre Bazin, Richard Corliss, Kristin Thompason, Roger Ebert, and Elvis Mitchell? Explanations vary.*
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Two examples of filmmakers/films/types who are NOT true auteurs (in your opinion) and why.
Who are filmmakers at Pixar, Marvel, TV show directors, etc.?
400
The reason 'Arrival of the Train' was considered the first film ever made.
What is because it was the first finished product to last more than a few seconds and was played for a theater audience?
400
The window where we modify effects and keyframes.
What is effect controls?
400
Eight kinds of moving shots.
What are pan, tracking, tilt, crane, jib, zoom, dolly, dolly zoom, following, dutch-tilt, arc shot, 360-shot?
500
Choose any film that we have watched or created as a class and briefly analyze it as an academic film critic (i.e., in the voice of Bryer, Andre Bazin, Sergei Eisenstein, or Kristin Thompson)?
Answers vary.*
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Five examples of directors you believe are auteurs and why.
Answers vary.*
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The earliest known device that portrayed the illusion of motion and when it was invented.
What is the zoetrope invented by Ding Huan in 100 AD China?
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The difference between the video format we shoot in vs. the video format we export in.
What is that we shoot in 1080p23.98 or 1080p29.97 but export to .MP4 files?
500
Twenty types of static camera shots.
What are Establishing, Master, EWS, WS, LS, MLS, MS, MCU, CU, ECU, Cut-In/Insert, Cutaway, High Angle, Bird's Eye View, Low Angle, Worm's Eye View, Overhead Shot, Cowboy Shot, 2 Shot, 3 Shot, Group Shot, Dutch Angle, Profile, Quarter Profile, OTS, clean, dirty, handheld, POV?