Special Effects Quiz
Quiz over Special Effects Readings and Vocabulary.
- 1.How do moviemakers create rain and snow in Hollywood when it is usually sunny?
- A.
Latex
- B.
Persistence of Vision
- C.
Special Effects
- D.
Backdrops
- 2.Imitate is a synonym for ___________.
- A.
Enhanced
- B.
Suspend
- C.
Animate
- D.
Simulate
- 3.In which early movie were audiences first fooled by artificial snow?
- A.
It's A Wonderful Life
- B.
Jaws
- C.
Jurassic Park
- D.
Chronicles of Narnia
- 4.Which of these terms best explains putting one picture on top of another to create a scene in a movie?
- A.
Animate
- B.
Simulate
- C.
Superimposed
- D.
Deformed
- 5.Special Effects are often enhanced by________________.
- A.
Advertising
- B.
TV Monitors
- C.
Computer Technology
- D.
CD Players
- 6.Creating an illusion means to ____________________.
- A.
To make a false or misleading image in special effects
- B.
To make a documentary on bears
- C.
To mold a monsters head out of latex
- D.
To illustrate a book
- 7.What is Latex?
- A.
A robotic dinosaur figure
- B.
A flexible jelly-like material
- C.
A hideous scar
- D.
The only kind of paint used on the set
- 8.Which new special effects tool has changed the movie industry?
- A.
Puppetry
- B.
Latex
- C.
Stop-motion filming
- D.
Computer animation
- 9.The shark used in the movie jaws and E.T. were both examples of which special effect technique?
- A.
Latex
- B.
Puppetry
- C.
Stop-motion filming
- D.
Stunt doubles
- 10.Which word means twisted, unnatural, and hideous?
- A.
Flexible
- B.
Ugly
- C.
Deformed
- D.
Phenomenon
- 11.Which of these means the same as to pretend something is real?
- A.
To understand
- B.
Persistence of vision
- C.
Change your viewpoint
- D.
Suspend your disbelief
- 12.A blue screen is also known as ______________.
- A.
A backdrop
- B.
Chroma Blue
- C.
A skylight
- D.
A blue light
- 13.A series of pictures in rapid succession is know as__________________.
- A.
Animation
- B.
Superimposed
- C.
Horror Flicks
- D.
Phenomenon
- 14.The movie Jurassic Park used which of the following special effects to create life like dinosaurs?
- A.
Real dinosaurs
- B.
Computer generated people
- C.
Chroma Blue
- D.
Latex
- 15.When using a Chroma Blue as a backdrop, what color can an actor not wear because any of this color will look like holes on the actor's body?
- A.
Black
- B.
Blue
- C.
Green
- D.
Red
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