Understanding Film Credits

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  1. The individual who assists the producer with numerous post production activities such as lab work, dubbing and special effects is called...
  2. Your answer:
    the first assistant director
    a glutton for punishment
    the second assistant director
    the associate producer


  3. Casting directors are responsible for deciding who gets the right to audition for the producer and director of the film.
  4. Your answer:
    TrueFalse


  5. Name the person who is responsible for the entire creative end of the film. This is the person who is ultimately responsible for the success or failure of the film.
  6. Your answer:


  7. Name the person whose job it is to turn the directors dreams into reality. They are frequently responsible for breaking down the shooting script for a shooting schedule.
  8. Your answer:
    cinematographer
    second assistant director
    script supervisor
    first assistant director


  9. Name the person who is frequently in charge of shooting "we the people scenes". They are often assigned to film battle sequences and stunt sequences where extras or stunt people are used instead of those scenes where the primary actors are involved
  10. Your answer:
    second assistant director
    cinematographer
    script supervisor
    first assistant director


  11. The script supervisor is the person in charge of continuity.
  12. Your answer:
    TrueFalse


  13. Name the person who is responsible for actually aiming the camera while making sure that everything and everyone remains within the frame and in focus.
  14. Your answer:
    camera operator
    cinematographer
    second assistant director
    all of the above


  15. This person is sometimes called the director of photography. They are responsible for doing everthing from measuring the light to lining up a shot and determining the best camera angles.
  16. Your answer:
    camera operator
    first assistant director
    cinematographer
    none of the above


  17. Name the term which refers to the act of moving the camera to the right or the left.
  18. Your answer:
    freeze frame
    zoom
    tilt
    pan


  19. Name the term which refers to the act of moving the camera in closer or further away from the subject.
  20. Your answer:
    pan
    zoom
    tilt
    freeze frame


  21. Name the person who is the head electrician. Hint this person is in charge of all of the lighting personnel.
  22. Your answer:


  23. The gaffer's assistant is called the key grip.
  24. Your answer:
    TrueFalse


  25. The Best Boy is in charge of all the people who move anything (cameras, scenery, lights, etc.).
  26. Your answer:
    TrueFalse


  27. Name the individual who translates the production designer's ideas and sketches into blueprints for the construction crew .
  28. Your answer:


  29. Name the person in charge of obtaining and preparing any object that an actor comes in physical contact with during a film.
  30. Your answer:


  31. Name the term which refers to the act of moving the camera up and down.
  32. Your answer:
    zoom
    pan
    freeze frame
    tilt


  33. Special effects tend to fall into four broad categories: optical, physical, animated, and computerized.
  34. Your answer:
    TrueFalse


  35. Name the individual responsible for recording the dialogue and the ambient noise of a scene.
  36. Your answer:


  37. Name the person whose job it is to insert the composer's prerecorded score into the sound track.
  38. Your answer:


  39. The person responsible for the appearance of the actors wardrobes.
  40. Your answer:
    dresser
    assistant to the actor
    costume designer
    costumer


  41. Name the person who is responsible for everthing from purchasing or renting costumes for the actors to making certain that these garments have been altered.
  42. Your answer:
    key grip
    costumer
    dresser
    costume designer


  43. Name the person who is responsible for the appearance of all of the movie's sets, locations and costumes. These individuals usually have a background in scenic design and or architecture.
  44. Your answer:
    second director
    set designer
    director
    production designer


  45. Name the title given to individuals who work for little or no money in the hopes of working their way up the ladder. These individuals agree to take on these entry level positions even though it meens that they will be assigned all sorts of menial tasks.
  46. Your answer:
    Production Assistant
    stupid
    Serf
    best boy


  47. Name the person who selects all of the decorations that will be used in a scene. This includes everything from furniture to carpeting to the drapes on the windows.
  48. Your answer:
    set decorator
    production designer
    key grip
    Martha Stewart wannabe


  49. Special effects is the art of making the dangerous, magical, expensive, or physically impossible seem perfectly believable.
  50. Your answer:
    TrueFalse



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