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This 1990 holiday classic isn’t just comedy — Kevin fends off burglars during a snowy Chicago Christmas.
What is Home Alone?
This 2004 comedy starring Lindsay Lohan introduced us to “The Plastics” and gave us the phrase, “On Wednesdays we wear pink.”
What is Mean Girls?
In Christmas Vacation, Chevy Chase plays this iconic family man who tries to create the perfect holiday.
Who is Clark Griswold?
This stage of production includes brainstorming ideas, writing scripts, storyboarding, and planning before filming begins.
What is pre-production?
In this 2003 comedy, Will Ferrell plays a cheerful human raised by elves at the North Pole.
What is Elf?
This 1985 Cold War action film shows Rocky training in the snowy mountains of Russia to face Ivan Drago.
What is Rocky IV?
In this 2011 comedy, Kristen Wiig’s character struggles to be the maid of honor while everything goes hilariously wrong.
What is Bridesmaids?
Clark covers his house with thousands of these, causing a neighborhood blackout.
What are Christmas lights?
A shot that shows a subject from the waist up is called this.
What is a medium shot?
This 1994 remake stars a little girl who doesn’t believe in Santa until she meets a man named Kris Kringle.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
In this 2002 James Bond film, Pierce Brosnan rides across icy landscapes while battling a villain who uses a satellite weapon.
What is Die Another Day?
Anne Hathaway plays a young assistant to a tough fashion magazine editor in this 2006 comedy set in New York City.
What is The Devil Wears Prada?
Cousin Eddie famously shows up unannounced in this type of vehicle, parked in front of Clark’s house.
What is an RV (or camper) ?
n filmmaking, this person is responsible for the visual look of the film, including lighting and camera work.
Who is the cinematographer (or director of photography)?
This animated 2004 film follows a magical train that takes children to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
What is The Polar Express?
This 2013 Marvel film has Tony Stark fighting villains in wintertime after the Mandarin destroys his home.
What is Iron Man 3?
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy team up as unlikely law-enforcement partners in this 2013 buddy-cop comedy.
What is The Heat?
Clark receives a disappointing Christmas bonus — not cash, but a membership to this vacation-themed program.
What is the Jelly of the Month Club?
This camera movement involves the camera staying in place while rotating left or right on its axis.
What is a pan?
This 1988 Bill Murray holiday film is a modern comedic retelling of A Christmas Carol, set in a TV studio.
What is Scrooged?
This 2015 Rocky sequel features winter training scenes in Philadelphia as Adonis Creed prepares for a major fight.
What is Creed?
This 2001 Reese Witherspoon film follows a sorority girl who goes to Harvard Law to win back her boyfriend — and discovers her own confidence instead.
What is Legally Blonde?
Clark gets trapped in his attic while the family goes shopping. What clothing item does he put on to stay warm as he watches old home movies?
What are women’s fur coats?
When creating storyboards in class, we use colored arrows to show how things move in each shot. What do the red arrows represent, and what do the blue arrows represent?
What are red arrows for character movement and blue arrows for camera movement?
In this 1983 holiday comedy, a young boy desperately wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, despite everyone warning him, “You’ll shoot your eye out!”
What is A Christmas Story?