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100

This film has the highest worldwide gross of all time 

What is Gone With The Wind? 

$4,204,000,000

100

A film with no synchronized recorded sound 

What is a Silent Film?

100

To stop everything. Camera, audio, blocking etc. 

What is "Cut"?

100

The range of distance in your shot where the subjects will be acceptably sharp and in focus

What is Depth of Field?

100

This director is a 9 time academy award nominee and directed Micheal Jackson’s “Bad” music video in 1987

Who is Martin Scorsese?

200

The Hollywood sign was originally called this before getting changed in 1940 

What is Hollywoodland?

200

A term used to define dramas that particularly emphasize a movie’s abundance of cynical attitudes and motivations

What is Film Nior?

200

To signal the end of filming 

What is "Wrap"?

200

A type of sound that does not exist within the world of the film itself

What is Non-Diegetic Sound?

200

This director started at age 16 and was later awarded the Medal of Freedom

Who is Steven Spielberg?

300

This famous dog was paid more than any of the actors on set

What is Toto?

The Wizard of Oz

300

A non-fictional motion picture intended to educate or maintain a historical record

What is a Documentary 

300

The time that you will be on set, ready to work

What is Call Time?

300

Composition of creating equally spaced horizontal and vertical lines, and placing points of interest on the grid’s intersection points

What is The Rule of Thirds?

300

This director has a huge phobia of chimpanzees, but still directed Planet of the Apes in 2001

Who is Tim Burton?

400

This famous author has the most film adaptations of their books 

What is Stephen King?

at least 88

400

A subgenre of western films that are normally filmed in europe, generally a low budget produced by italian directors

What is Spaghetti Western?

400

Actors and extras must return to their first positions in a scene

What is "Back to First Marks/Ones"?

400

Correlating to the way we read, having actors move in a certain direction can give the viewer a subconscious natural, comforting feeling

What is the Left to Right Rule?

400

This director won the Honorary Palme d,Or award at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and is a big fan of the New York Nicks

Who is Spike Lee?

500

This serial killer was the inspiration for 3 different film villains 

What is Ed Gein? 

Buffalo Bill, Norman Bates, Leatherface

500

Founded in the early 1920’s, this subgenre uses visual distortion and hper-expressive performances to portray inner thoughts of dispairs and turmoil

What is German Expressionism?

500

Last shot of the day 

What is a Martini Shot/Window Shot?

500

Using line shapes to subconsciously get the viewer to focus of a point of interest

What is Leading Lines?

500

This director won the César Award for best film 2 times and is a survivor of the Holocaust

Who is Roman Polanski?