Practical FX Quiz
Can you name the movies, the people and the techniques that make up the wonderful world of practical FX?
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#1 Type answer 30 seconds 69% correct rate
Name these beloved claymation characters
Wallace & Gromit
Wallace and Gromit
wallace and gromit
wallace & gromit
The West Yorkshire culturual icons, Wallace & Gromit, were created by Nick Park as his university graduation project.
#2 Buttons 20 seconds 29% correct rate
Which of these movies used a trick called forced perspective instead of digitally altering characters' height later?
All of them!
Elf
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Lord of the Rings
Forced perspective can be used to make things or people seem much larger than they actually are, like Gandalf or Buddy!
#3 Buttons 20 seconds 24% correct rate
What is the name of this technique, in which the baground scenery is painted rather than built?
Matte Painting
Scene Painting
On-Set Painting
Landscaping
Matte painitng is surprisingly common - being seen in films from the 1930's (Dracula) up to recently (Greatest Showman)
#4 Type answer 30 seconds 86% correct rate
What is the name of this iconic movie, which used prosthesis and stop motion to bring its robotic characters to life?
RoboCop
robocop
Robocop
To simulate ricocheting bullets, the team fired gelatin capsules filled with sawdust & sparking compound from an air gun
#5 Type answer 30 seconds 74% correct rate
Who is this renowned american puppeteer, whose Creature Shop has worked on many movies including TMNT & Batman Begins?
Jim Henson
jim henson
jim Henson
Jim henson
Jim began making puppets in his youth, creating his first comedy TV show using them as a University Freshman!
#6 Buttons 20 seconds 17% correct rate
Name this genre of filmmaking from Japan that heavily uses practical FX to make its characters seem larger than life
Tokusatsu
Kabuto
Tamago
Kamen
Tokusatsu is a contraction of "tokushu satsuei" which literally translates to "special effects"
#7 Buttons 20 seconds 11% correct rate
What is the name of this movie, which spawned the "High-Pressure Blood" trope, when a hose malfunctioned during filming?
Sanjuro: Return of the Ronin
Kurosawa
Seven Samurai
The Last Samurai
Kurosawa was so influential that even this mistake has spread into everything, from anime to action movies & even games!
#8 Buttons 20 seconds 64% correct rate
Which French filmmaker is often considered the father of practical effects?
Georges Méliès
Peter Jackson
David Lynch
Ray Harryhausen
Méliès 1902 A Trip to the Moon used mechanical scenery, multiple exposures & pyrotechnics to create a fantastical world
#9 Range 20 seconds 56% correct rate
Generally, how many individual shots are required to make 1 second of stop motion animation in a movie?
1 —
24
— 60
This means a 76 minute stop motion like 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas will contain around 110,000 frames total!
#10 Type answer 30 seconds 68% correct rate
Bonus question! In movies/games, what food is often used to make the sound of bones breaking? (multiple right answers)
Carrots
cabbage
carrots
Cabbage
Celery
celery
pasta
Pasta
Leeks
Leek
leek
leeks
Tomato
tomato
tomatoes
Tomatoes
Carrot
carrot
When creating injury sounds, the sound designers will record different layers (e.g. bone & flesh) with different foods
