Filmmaking Basics
The basics of how films are made and how they make money: screenplays, shots, editing, box office and other words every filmmaker uses.
About this quiz
New to how films are made? This quiz covers the words you hear in every behind-the-scenes video: screenplays, storyboards, shots, editing and props, plus the business words, from box office and gross to flops and sleeper hits. No film school needed.
Good to know: Most films are shot and shown at 24 frames per second, a standard that took hold when sound films arrived in the late 1920s.
How to play
- 10 questions, each with four answers
- +100 points for every right answer
- After each question you see the right answer and why
- Every round picks its questions at random, so playing again brings new ones
- No time limit: take as long as you like
Sample questions
- When making a film, what does the screenplay mainly contain?
- When planning a film, what is a storyboard?
- What is a close-up shot designed to emphasize?
Each round picks 10 of this quiz’s 20 questions, so these may come up.
