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Khabele Film Trivia
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The subgenre of documentary that does not follow any particular set of traits but does portray things that are real/non-fiction?
What is experimental doc?
100
What film criticism is.
What is the analysis of why a movie is good or bad?
100
The studio that released Back to the Future in 1985.
What is Universal Pictures (now NBC-Universal)?
100
The difference between an audio effect and audio transition.
What is the fact that audio effects modify sounds and transitions help fade in and out between sounds?
100
One type of camera that is in our Khabele closet.
What is...? 1. Canon DSLR (in general) 2. Canon 60D 3. Canon t3i 4. Canon t5i 5. Canon Powershoot
200
One example of why documentary filmmakers can use existing footage.
What are...? 1. US Copyright's Fair Use Clause 2. Public Domain 3. Royalty Free websites
200
A brief explanation of feminist film theory.
What is a way of looking at films as a feminist, focusing on how women are portrayed either positively, negatively, or not represented at all?
200
One example of a filmmaker who is successful outside of Hollyweird right here in ATX.
Who is... Richard Linklater? Robert Rodriguez? Mike Judge? David Gordon Green? Jeff Nichols? Bryan Poyser? Sharon Arteaga? Kat Candler? Burnie Burns? Daniel Stuyck? Tim Tsai? Marshall Rimmer? Jeanne Stern?
200
The name of the window used to keyframe & modify scale, motion, rotation, and other effects in Premiere CS6.
What is Effect Controls?
200
The amount of Office Hours episodes we've had.
What is 7?
300
The names of three famous documentary filmmakers.
Who are...? 1. Ken Burns 2. Errol Morris 3. Michael Moore 4. Godfrey Reggio 5. Joshua Oppenheimer 6. D.A. Pennebaker 7. Margaret Brown 8. Alain Resnais
300
1-2 sentences that show how an academic film critic (as opposed to a journalistic critic) might speak or write about a film. (Choose any film.)
Answer must be formal and/or in 3rd person.
300
One example of how Hollywood has experienced controversy regarding race?
Answers may vary.*
300
The names of at least five types of sounds and what they mean. Hint: ADV FARMS
What are...? ADR (Additional Dialogue Recording or Automated Dialogue Replacement) Dialogue (words and sounds from actors recording on set or location) VO (Voice Over) Foley (sounds recorded by a foley artist to make the sounds actors make with their bodies seem bigger) Ambience (sound of the environment outdoors) Room Tone (sound of the environment indoors) Music (score or soundtrack) Sound Effects (sounds recorded outside of a studio to make the world of the story feel bigger; e.g. explosions and cars)
300
One key difference between IB Film SL and HL.
What is...? 1. Making a trailer for the final film 2. The length of the final film (4-5 vs 7-8 min.) 3. Writing a few more pages for written commentary or IS 4. The length of the oral presentation
400
The difference between direct cinema and cinema verite.
What is the fact that cinema verite may include composed interviews, non-diegetic sounds, and titles throughout the film while direct cinema literally points and shoots what is happening, i.e. it is directly just a series of moving pictures?
400
Three films that made film history and why.
What are...? 1. The Horse In Motion, 1st moving picture 2. The Cabbage Fairy, 1st narrative & female director + studio 3. A Trip to the Moon, George Melies classic, 1st sci-fi, 1st of many special effects, insight to how space and science were viewed at the turn of the 20th century 4. Birth of a Nation, DW Griffith incited racism and rebirth of the KKK in 1915, NAACP protests 5. Within Our Gates, Oscar Mischaeux as the 1st black director, response to Birth of a Nation, the first positive black portrayals And many more movies*
400
One major difference between an indie film and a Hollywood film.
What is...? 1. Indie films are mostly or entirely produced outside of Hollywood studios 2. Indie films usually have smaller budgets & fewer resources 3. Hollywood studios have more creative control than indie producers would over the writer/director
400
The names of 15 static and 8 active/moving shots.
What are...? Static 1. WS 2. Master Shot 3. Establishing Shot 4. EWS 5. WS 6. MS 7. MCU 8. CU 9. ECU 10. Insert or Cut-In 11. Cutaway 12. High Angle 13. Bird's Eye View 14. Overhead Shot 15. Low Angle 16. Worm's Eye View 17. Dutch Angle 18. Profile 19. Quarter Profile 20. OTS (Over-The-Shoulder) 21. Cowboy Shot 22. 2 Shot 23. 3 Shot 24. Group Shot Active 1. Dolly in/out 2. Zoom in/out 3. Dolly Zoom 4. Tracking left/right 5. Pan left/right 6. Follow 7. Crane up/down 8. Tilt up/down 9. Dutch Tilt up/down 10. Jib up/down
400
The exact Youtube format we export all Khabele films in (resolution/fps/extension).
What is a 1080p24 or 1080p30.mp4?
500
Eight subgenres of documentary.
What is...? 1. Cinema Verite 2. Direct Cinema 3. Experimental Doc 4. Historical Doc 5. Rock Doc 6. Found Footage Doc 7. Investigative Doc 10. PBS Style Doc 11. Essay Film 12. Found 13. Ken Burns Style Doc 14. Errol Morris Style Doc 15. Educational Doc
500
What GAFF MAPS stands for and a brief explanation of each film theory type.
What is...? Genre-seeks to define a film by a particular genre or subgenre using specific rules and traits Apparatus-analyzes how a film operates as a tool to communicate conscious or unconscious messages from the filmmaker's mind Formalist-examines how the formal techniques of filmmaking contribute to how we see the film (e.g. cinematography, production design, sound, editing, screenwriting, etc.) Feminist-looks at how women are portrayed negatively, positively, or not all all in film Marxist-analyzes how a film portrays either pro or anti-Marxist/communist/socialist messages Auteur-argues that a filmmaker has a distinct set of trademarks unique to him or her Psychoanalytical-looks at how the psyche of a character or filmmaker influences the film Structuralist-supports the idea that film is itself a coded language
500
The "Big Six" movie studios in Hollywood that produce the majority of wide-release feature films today.
What are (in order of highest to lowest grossing)...? 1. NBC-Universal (Comcast, Focus, Working Title Films) 2. Walt Disney Studios (Disney, LucasFilm, Marvel Studios, Pixar, ESPN, Touchstone) 3. Warner Bros. Entertainment (Time Warner, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock, HBO, DC Entertainment) 4. Fox Filmed Entertainment (21st Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, New Regency) 5. Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group (Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, TriStar Pictures) 6. Paramount Motion Pictures Group (Viacom, Paramount Vintage, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon)
500
Seven ways to achieve interesting and professional looking film. Explain each technique.
What are...? 1. Shallow DoF 2. Proper exposure/aperture/f-stop 3. Low ISO 4. Normal Motion: Shutter speed at double the fps 5. Slow Mo: More than 24 or 30 fps 6. Fast Mo: Less than 24 or 30 fps 7. Time Lapse: Extremely less than 24 or 30 fps (ex: 1 frame per hour or per week) 8. Correct manual focus 9. Steady image on tripod or shoulder mount 10. Using HD DSLR camera or actual film 11. Plan shots ahead of time (storyboard, shot list, or lined script) 12. Variety of shot types 13. Clear aesthetic concept
500
The names of five Khabele films that played on the big screen at AYFF.
What are...? 1. People Are People 2. Keep Austin Beautiful 3. Mission Improbable 4. How to Make a Scene 5. Lucid 6. In the Courtyard 7. Letters 8. Austin, TX 9. Sunkissed in the Suburbs 10. On Top of the World