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Stuff Every Moviemaking Scout Should Know: free practice in 30-second cards
Stuff Every Moviemaking Scout Should Know
Practice facts for the Moviemaking merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.
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Yes. The first 50 cards are free for everyone with no sign-up, each with the answer, why it is right and its sources. Aha Trivia members get all 68 cards and timed practice exams.
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68 practice questions so far. Each one is a 3-choice card that takes about 30 seconds, and the course grows as new cards pass our source checks.
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- What does a treatment for a film plan out?
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The story you plan to produce. A treatment is a short written telling of the story you plan to produce, conveying a visual picture.
- What is a storyboard used for in filmmaking?
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Planning shots with sketches. A storyboard plans the film visually, and rough sketches or stick figures are acceptable.
- What is the first major stage of making a film?
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Development. Development is where the idea is explored, the screenplay written, and financing sought.
All 68 practice questions
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- What does a treatment for a film plan out?
- What is a storyboard used for in filmmaking?
- What is the first major stage of making a film?
- What happens during pre-production?
- What is recorded during the production stage?
- What happens during post-production?
- What is the final stage of filmmaking?
- What does a director mainly do?
- What is a producer's key job?
- What does a casting director do?
- What is the director of photography in charge of?
- What does a location manager do?
- What does a composer create for a film?
- What is a clapperboard used for on set?
- What does the director call to end a take?
- What are dailies in filmmaking?
- What is a call sheet used for?
- What is a rough cut in editing?
- What does picture lock mean?
- What does a production designer create?
- What does a costume designer make?
- What does a sound designer create?
- What does the assistant director manage?
- What is a script supervisor watching for?
- What does a storyboard artist create?
- What is independent filmmaking?
- What does distribution include besides releasing the film?
- What is a trailer used for in distribution?
- What is a screenplay?
- What does a film editor mainly do in post-production?
- What is a production budget used for?
- Why is insurance sometimes procured for major productions?
- What is the purpose of a location scout?
- What does a choreographer create for a film?
- What does a makeup and hair designer do?
- What is a production office used for?
- What is principal photography?
- Why might a filmmaker use a smartphone to shoot video?
- Why plug in cameras and computers when working on a movie?
- Why build in extra time for rendering a movie?
- Why might a filmmaker shoot scenes out of order?
- What is development in filmmaking?
- What is the distribution stage?
- What does a storyboard let a director do before filming?
- Why do storyboard frames use the same shape as the video format?
- What are thumbnail storyboards named for?
- What can a storyboard help a production estimate?
- What is an animatic?
- What is a photomatic made from?
- What does a storyboard help a film editor do?
- What does a storyboard help a director plan in advance? 🔒
- What does a unit production manager manage? 🔒
- What does a grip and electric crew often prepare? 🔒
- What does the assistant director call to start recording sound? 🔒
- What does the camera operator say when the camera is recording? 🔒
- What is a setup in film production? 🔒
- What does it mean when a scene is covered? 🔒
- What does it mean to strike a set? 🔒
- What is a wrap party for? 🔒
- What does a storyboard help a group of people do? 🔒
- What can storyboards help build by reordering scenes? 🔒
- What is a 3D storyboard called? 🔒
- Why do storyboards save time during filming? 🔒
- What does a storyboard provide for a script? 🔒
- What is a photomatic usually used as? 🔒
- What does a storyboard help a director do with the storyline? 🔒
- What do storyboard frames often include to show movement? 🔒
- What is added digitally by an artist in post-production? 🔒