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Directors & Filmmaking Quiz

Directors & Filmmaking · Drama Quiz

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Behind every unforgettable movie is a director with a vision and a team that brings it to life. From shaping performances to creating stunning visuals, filmmaking is a blend of cre...

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All 7 questions in this Directors & Filmmaking quiz
  1. What is the role of the production designer and how does it differ from the set decorator?

    • A. Neither role exists in modern filmmaking
    • B. They are identical roles
    • C. The production designer creates the overall visual concept and supervises all aspects of the film's visual environment while the set decorator furnishes and dresses sets within that concept
    • D. The set decorator creates the visual concept
  2. Who directed 'Moonlight' (2016) which won Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars?

    • A. Ava DuVernay
    • B. Jordan Peele
    • C. Barry Jenkins
    • D. Ryan Coogler
  3. Who directed 'Schindler's List' (1993)?

    • A. Roman Polanski
    • B. Martin Scorsese
    • C. Oliver Stone
    • D. Steven Spielberg
  4. What is the distinction between a film's 'aspect ratio' and how did the introduction of widescreen formats change filmmaking?

    • A. The resolution of the print
    • B. The relationship between a frame's width and height - Hollywood's introduction of widescreen formats (1.85:1, 2.35:1) in the 1950s in response to television competition changed how directors composed images
    • C. The film's frame rate
    • D. The film's colour palette
  5. Who directed the Indian film 'Lagaan' (2001), which was nominated for an Oscar?

    • A. Karan Johar
    • B. Mira Nair
    • C. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
    • D. Ashutosh Gowariker
  6. Who directed 'Citizen Kane' (1941)?

    • A. Howard Hawks
    • B. Orson Welles
    • C. Alfred Hitchcock
    • D. John Ford
  7. Who directed 'No Country for Old Men' (2007)?

    • A. David Fincher
    • B. Wes Anderson
    • C. The Coen Brothers
    • D. Paul Thomas Anderson