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Violence
Animation
Popular Music
Modern Media
Special Effects
100
What is homicide?
murder
100
What was the first full-length cartoon?
Snow White
100
What was the first movie with sound?
The Jazz Singer
100
To take a file off the internet and save it onto your computer.
Download.
100
Filmmakers use this trick to make it look like something magically appeared/disappeared from a scene.
The stop trick.
200
Many people think we should _____ films: give it a label like G or R to tell people who should watch it.
rate
200
Pixar is famous for what type of animation?
Claymation
200
What do you call a movie where people sing parts of the story?
a musical
200
To become popular very quickly.
go viral
200
Filmmakers do this by reusing the same film in the camera, so that it looks like 2 things that they filmed separately are happening at the same time.
multiple exposures
300
To ___________ a movie is to take something out of the movie, because it might be bad or harmful for people to see it.
censor
300
Were early, silent cartoons made just for children? Explain!
No! They were made for adults. Some cartoons showed things adults wouldn't want children to see (like drinking cats with guns).
300
How was West Side Story different from earlier musicals?
It was serious and had a sad ending.
300
Things used to communicate, like newspapers, TV, magazines, radio, and the internet.
media
300
When filmmakers need to a big expensive set like a castle or mountain, they will usually make this instead.
a miniature
400
How was violence in movies in the 1960s and 1970s different from violence in the earlier decades?
Violence was more real and serious. Directors used violence to make people feel strong emotions.
400
What was the first cartoon with sound?
Steamboat Willie
400
What rock and roll star was forced to make movies in his contract?
Elvis Presley
400
Why were people happy when VCRs were invented?
They could watch the movies they liked over and over again.
400
Why did filmmakers switch from using a blue screen to a green screen?
It is easier and cheaper to remove the green screen from the background of the film.
500
Why are films made today bloodier and more violent than every before?
Since people have already seen so much violence in movies, filmmakers need to do more and more to get the same emotions from people.
500
What was celluloid used for?
Celluloid was clear plastic. People used it because they could draw different parts of a cartoon (background, person, face) and layer them on top of each other. That way, if they wanted to change one part of the cartoon, they didn't have to redraw the whole thing.
500
Why did Americans enjoy beach movies in the 1960s?
Americans were worried about the Vietnam War and racial conflict. Beach movies helped them forget their problems.
500
How can YouTube affect serious problems around the world?
People can put videos online to show the truth about what's happening in their country. People can also put videos online that make people angry and promote violence.
500
What is good and bad about making characters from computer animation?
Good: You can make the characters look and move however you want. Bad: The actors can't see the characters they are supposed to be working with.