2025 CINEMA
TOOLS & WORKFLOW
WEIRD KNOWLEDGE
The Inside Man
The Studio
100

This beloved bear returns to the big screen in 2025 as he travels to South America in his newest adventure.

What is Paddington in Peru?

100

This Adobe program is the industry standard for editing layered image files.

What is Photoshop?

100

Before it’s popped, popcorn is known by this name.

What is kernel?

100

At the centre of The Inside Man is this socially awkward unexpected hero.

Who is Mark Shepherd?

100

This studio member earned a promotion this year and also holds the studio record for most nicknames, including “J-Money” and “Hands.”

Who is Josh Wilson?
200

This MCU title releasing in May 2025 brings together a team of antiheroes rather than traditional Avengers.

What is Thunderbolts?

200

The Studio uses this project-management tool to track tasks, timelines, and capacity.

What is Wrike?

200

This animal cannot walk backwards.

What is kangaroo?

200

One of the most frequent cyber threats Mark encounters is this type of attack — where someone tries to trick him into revealing information or credentials.

What is phishing?

200

Celebrating ten years with the company in 2025, this motion designer has officially outlasted most software updates.

Who is Oli?

300

In the Minecraft universe name the rare hostile mob that appears with a baby zombie?

What is Chicken Jockey?

300

This is the file format required when finalising deliverables for cinema, ensuring correct colour, audio, and projection consistency.

What is DCP?

300

Humans share 60% of their DNA with this edible plant.

What is a banana?

300

In The Inside Man, Mark is hired as this type of employee — though his real agenda is secretly tied to a cybercrime organisation.

What is an IT support person?

300

These two furry team “mascots” belong to Andy and are known for appearing during teams calls.  

Who is Noir and Coco?

400

In KPop Demon Hunters, this upbeat track became the film’s signature song, performed by the girl group as both a musical number and a battle anthem.

What is Golden?

400

While most broadcast and online workflows run at 25 or 30fps, this frame rate is the global standard for Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs), requiring motion designers to adapt pacing when delivering cinema-specific work.

What is 24fps?

400

This animal is one of the only creatures with rectangular pupils, giving it a 330-degree field of vision.

What is goat?

400

This colleague becomes Mark’s closest (and often unintentional) partner in chaos, despite having no idea about his real mission.

Who is AJ?

400

In 2024, Iain swapped the Studio for scooters, street food, and chaotic intersections when he travelled to this country.

What is Vietnam?

500

In Wicked: Part Two, this song serves as the emotional counterpart to “For Good,” bringing closure to Elphaba and Glinda’s relationship and echoing the original musical’s final themes.

What is “I’m Not That Girl”?

500

What is the full name of our sound engineer at Backlot?

Who is Mark J D'Angelo?

500

This is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value.

What is four?

500

In Season 2, Mark starts dating a woman who seems perfect until she makes his already-complicated double life even messier.

Who is Violet?

500

Last week, Pablo posted the total number of studio assets delivered in 2025, a number so large it made everyone briefly forget their Wrike passwords.

What is 12956?