What is a term for the play of light and shadow in a scene?
Chiaroscuro
200
What is the killer's name?
Norman Bates (mother)
200
Where does the movie open?
In a cemetery: Barbra and her brother, Johnny, are going to their father's grave to put up a wreath.
200
Who directed Halloween?
John Carpenter
200
What major Academy Awards did Silence of the Lambs win?
Picture
Director
Screenplay
Actor
Actress
200
What is a montage?
A series of shots edited together that doesn't necessarily (or even really often) have a clear narrative thread. Montage is most often used to evoke a sense of mood or time passing, and it is NOT always narrated.
300
Why is Marion running away?
She has just stolen $40,000.
300
When was this film made?
1968
300
Who directed Alien?
Ridley Scott
300
Who is the killer being pursued in The Silence of the Lambs?
AND
What is his REAL NAME (the character, not the actor)?
Buffalo Bill
Jame Gumb
300
Describe a high angle.
AND give an example.
A shot from above -- it often gives a sense of vulnerability to the character(s) being portrayed.
400
How many people are KILLED during the time of the movie Psycho?
TWO
(Marion and Arbogast)
400
What do the zombies want?
To eat the living
400
What's the killer's name in Halloween?
AND
Who was his first victim?
Michael Myers
His sister
400
Upon which real-life serial killer is the killer in The Silence of the Lambs based?
AND
What do they have in common?
Ed Gein
400
Describe a subject or point-of-view shot?
AND
Give an example.
Shot as if we're looking through a character's eyes.
500
Who discovers Mother?
Marion's sister, Lila Crane.
500
What is remarkable about the protagonist, Ben, and WHY?
1. He's African-American. This is significant because of when the movie was made; he's the only black character AND the hero. This goes against racial stereotypes and audience expectations.
500
TRUE OR FALSE: Ripley successfully escapes the alien by getting on the shuttle and leaving the Nostromo.
FALSE: The alien is also on the shuttle, and she must jettison it into space.
500
At the end of the movie, who is on Hannibal's menu?
Dr. Chilton, the psychiatrist who was in charge of Hannibal in prison.
500
What is a jump cut?
AND
Give an example.
A kind of edit where the continuity is broken. The movement or connection between shots is not smooth or clear.