Camera Movements
How do we say "plan" in English?
Shot
Who is the director of Arrival?
Denis Villeneuve
Which movie does this quotation come from? "You know what the difference is between you and me?" -He puts his sunglasses on after suiting up- "I make this look good"
Men in Black I
What do we discover at the end of The Others?
That the protagonists are death.
What is a "camera pan"?
It is a horizontal movement in which the camera moves right to left from a central axis.
Who directed Jaws in 1975 ?
Steven Spielberg
Name movie: "The two main characters, a human and an alien, are able to communicate thanks to food"
La soupe aux choux, Jean Girault (1981)
Name one element that Beetlejuice and The Others have in common.
The main action takes place in a big house (or a manor)
Both deal with death and ghosts
Children and their relationship to parents are at theire core.
Why is a "camera tilt" used in Arrival in several occasions?
In order to emphasize the scale of the aliens' spaceship.
Mention two movies (sequels aren't accepted) directed by Tim Burton.
Beetlejuice
Edward Scissorhands
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alice in Wonderland
The Corpse Bride
Name the movie: "The spaceship Nostromo is on its way to Earth but is hampered by a creature that got into the spaceship after landing on an unknown planet"
Alien, Ridley Scott (1979)
Which European cinematographic trend does Tim Burton take his influence from?
German Impressionism
What is the difference between a "camera push-in" and a "zoom"?
The first one moves the camera towards the subject, whereas the second uses the lens to get closer to characters.
Who has composed the music in most Steven Spielberb's movies, including Indiana Jones, E.T the Extraterrestrial, Jurassic Park or Saving Private Ryan ?
John Williams
Which movie does this quotation come from? ": But now I'm not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings. There are days that define your story beyond your life "
Arrival, Denis Villeneuve (2016)
What is the aim of distorting angles, shrinking reality or playing with light and decor in movies such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene) or Touch of Evil (Orson Welles)?
The aim is to express the characters' feelings and portray their anxiety and fears.
Which filmmaker invented the Dolly or Vertigo Effect (a combination of pushing-in or pulling out and zooming)?
Alfred Hitchcock
What is the main reason why Wes Anderson use camera pans in his movies?
In order to reveal information to the audience.
Name the main character in Arrival and the name that is given to the aliens she tries to communicate to.
Professor Louise Banks
The hectapods (or Abbott and Costello)
Name at least a work of gothic fiction that has influenced this form of cinema?
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley (1818)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)
Dracula, Bram Stoker (1897)