Special Effects
This technology used to be colored yellow, and is now used regularly to replace backgrounds in movies.
What is the green screen?
This angle includes one actor's shoulder and the other actor's face, and is often used for dialogue scenes.
What is an over the shoulder shot?
This director used chocolate syrup as fake blood, invented the dolly shot, and is considered one of the greatest directors of all time.
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
This movie invented the cinematic universe by combining multiple characters from different franchises into one.
What is the Avengers?
This recent video game adaptation tells the story of a security guard who has to defend against restaurant animatronics possessed by dead children
What is Five Nights At Freddy's?
This technology tracks dots on a person, then maps those dots onto a 3D model to create an animation.
What is Motion Capture?
This shot follows a subject as they move around for an extended period of time, and is often considered extremely difficult to do.
What is a oner?
This director is known for making high-quality blockbusters that push the boundaries of technology, such as Terminator, Titanic, and Avatar.
Who is James Cameron?
This heist movie changed the definition of the word it was named after from "beginning" to "layers within layers" and heavily featured dreams.
What is Inception?
This Hong Kong movie star has broken almost every bone in his body doing his own stunts.
Who is Jackie Chan?
This AI-powered technology allows people's faces and voices to be replaced by other people's, provided that you have enough footage of them to feed the machine.
What is deepfake?
This shot follows a subject as they move laterally over a great distance.
What is a truck shot?
These two brothers directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, as well as Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, leading them to become the 3rd most profitable directors of all time.
Who are the Russo Brothers?
This movie starring Tom Hanks told the story of a mentally-challenged man through the stages of his life.
What is Forrest Gump?
This animated movie studio is famous for creating heartwarming movies such as WALL-E, Up, and the Incredibles.
What is Pixar?
This technology was used in the Mandalorian, the Batman, and many other Marvel TV shows, and was created by Greig Fraser.
What is the Volume?
This shot is attached to an object or a person and follows them around.
What is a POV shot?
This director went from being Keanu Reeves' stuntman in the Matrix to directing him in John Wick 1-4.
Who is Chad Stahelski?
This movie starring Christian Bale was directed by a woman and based off a book written by a gay man, but is beloved by people who hate both.
What is American Psycho?
This movie tells the story of Wolfgang Mozart from the point of view of Rival composer Salieri.
What is Amadeus?
This natural phenomenon is caused when light passes through a translucent object such as skin, then exits at a different point. Failure to include this makes CGI skin look weird.
What is subsurface scattering?
This shot keeps the subject small by keeping them only in one fourth of the screen, making them seem isolated.
What is an ultrawide shot?
This director started out by working on a comedy youtube channel, then went on to release three acclaimed horror movies known for their intense twists.
Who is Jordan Peele?
This Korean movie is both a manga adaptation and tells the story of a Greek tragedy unrelated to the manga it's based on. It also revolutionized action with its iconic oner.
What is Oldboy?
This Indonesian movie has an iconic "square up" shot in which two characters shimmy towards each other before their fight. It is copied in Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen.
What is the Raid 2?