Film Vocabulary
True/False: The leading actors in a film are called the stars
Ture
True/False: A good film review should contain your personal opinion.
True
True/False: Reality TV focuses entirely on the lives of regular, everyday people
False
True/False: Most movies have multiple screenwriters
True
True/False: everything on next week's exam is taken from the class materials
False
The person with overall creative control of a movie is called the director/producer/screenwriter
Director
Good film reviews are objective/subjective/biased
Subjective
Reality TV is frequently scripted/staged/rehearsed
Staged
The people on set during shooting are known as the cast/crew/cast and crew
Cast and crew
Next week's exam is 2/3/4 parts
4
Who is responsible for non-creative decisions on a movie set?
a) Director
b) Producer
c) Stage manager
d) Overseer
The Producer
Which should you not do in a film review?
a) give your personal opinion of the film
b) be overly critical about the movie's flaws
c) give away how the film ends
d) talk about background information (e.g. production) unconnected to the plot of the movie
Give away how the film ends
A documentary that tries to inform or persuade by narrating over stock footage is called what?
a) Observational
b) Expository
c) Participatory
d) Sedimentary
Expository
What does a film distribution company do?
a) distributes the film to customers
b) distributes the film to cinemas
c) distributes physical copies of the film to shops
d) all of the above
Distributes the film to cinemas
Which lessons should you revise to prepare for the exam
a) Everything
b) Lessons connected to film reviews and film production
c) Everything except the lessons connected to your other assessments
d) Week 9, Week 10 (s1) and Week 11
Everything except the lessons connected to your other assessments
What does SFX stand for in movie production?
Special Efffects or Sound Effects
I'll accept both becasue I'm nice
Which tense is most commonly used when writing a film review?
Present simple
What is a difference between reality TV and documentaries (WITHOUT GIVING ANY EXAMPLES)
I'm not going to write every possible answer - I'll just judge if I like what you say or not.
What does it mean if a movie is shot 'on-location'?
Filming is done in a real location, rather than on a set.
How long is next week's exam?
90 minutes
What word collectively describes the director, producer, production company and investors for a movie?
Stakeholders
What is the main purpose of a film review?
To help the reader judge if they want to see a movie.
NOT TO INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT A FILM
What do we call the type of documentary where the filmmaker interacts with their subject?
Partisipatory
What is the difference between a film's soundtrack and its score?
Soundtrack is 'usually' pre-existing songs or songs specially composed for the film.
Score is all of the music used during the film
When is next week's exam scheduled for?
We don't know yet.