Pre-production
What is the name for a written work created by a screenwriter for film or television?
What department does the boom operator work in?
Sound
The process of selecting and arranging shots to create meaning, rhythm, and narrative flow.
Editing
What decade would you associate with the arrival of synchronised sound in film?
1920s
In what year was Jaws released?
1975
What do you call a sequence of drawings or images arranged in order to visually represent each planned shot in a film or performance before production begins?
Storyboard
Sound that originates within the world of the film or theatre performance and can be heard by the characters as well as the audience, e.g. dialogue between characters or a door slamming.
Diegetic sound
How a film is delivered to audiences (cinemas, streaming platforms, DVD).
Distribution
The ... pioneered public film projection in France (1895).
Lumière Brothers
Name the fictional island where the film is based and the name of the real location used for filming.
Amity Island / Martha's Vineyard
What do you call the process of visiting and assessing potential filming locations before production begins, to evaluate their suitability in terms of visual style, lighting, sound, access, safety and practical requirements?
Location reece
Three-point lighting involves a key light, fill light and ...
Sound effects that are recreated and recorded in post-production to synchronise with on-screen action, enhancing realism and clarity. These sounds are performed and recorded separately from the original filming, such as footsteps, clothing movement, or objects being handled.
Foley sound
By the ...., Technicolor became widespread and colour film was no longer experimental. (decade)
1950s
The music for Jaws was composed by a long-time collaborator of Spielberg's named...
John Williams
The opposite of shooting on location is shooting...
In a studio
The head of lighting on the set is also known as the ...
A preview showing of a nearly completed film to a selected audience during post-production in order to gather feedback and inform further editing or refinement before release.
Test screening
Practical effects created physically during filming, on set. They happen in real time while the scene is being shot, e.g. rain machines, prosthetic makeup, controlled explosions.
SFX
The idea that the director is the primary creative force behind a film, shaping its style, themes, and meaning across multiple works.
Auteur theory
A written explanation outlining the creative vision for a film or theatre performance, detailing the intended style, themes, audience and the practical choices that will realise the concept.
Statement of intention
Everything visible within the frame of a film or on stage in a theatre production, including set, costume, lighting, props and actor positioning, used to create meaning and atmosphere.
Mise en scène
All films shown in Irish cinemas need...
IFCO certification
In what decade was The Wizard of Oz released?
1930s
Put the following Spielberg films in order of release:
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler's List, Catch Me If You Can, Jaws
Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler's List, Catch Me If You Can,