What is a “long take”?

A whole scene filmed in a single shot, with no cut

A summary of the film shown as a trailer

A burst of very short shots cut together

A scene filmed with several cameras at once

What is the main job of the script supervisor on a film set?

Keeping continuity between takes

Film quiz: classic cinema and film crew jobs

This quiz is for film buffs, film studies students and anyone who stays until the very end of the credits. It alternates between landmarks of film history, from the first paid screening to the first talkie, and the jobs that never appear on screen.

The early questions are about names and scenes almost everyone knows; the later ones ask who does what on set and how an image is actually made. Tip: next time you watch a film, read the end credits with this quiz in mind and you will spot the Foley artist, the director of photography and the script supervisor.

Film quiz: classic cinema and film crew jobs

1. Which brothers held one of the very first public, paid film screenings, in Paris in 1895? *

2. What is the name of Charlie Chaplin’s famous character with the bowler hat and cane? *

3. Which Alfred Hitchcock film contains the famous shower scene? *

4. Which stage of filmmaking involves selecting and putting shots together to tell the story? *

5. What does a Foley artist do on a film? *

6. Who directed A Trip to the Moon, in 1902? *

7. Which 1927 film is remembered as the first feature-length talkie? *

8. What is a “long take”? *

9. What is the main job of the script supervisor on a film set? *

10. How many frames per second became the cinema standard with the arrival of sound? *