Week 12 Questions: CGI
1) What was the name of the film made by Edwin S Porter that made use of a double-exposure to show a train window view of passing landscape?
1) What was the name of the film made by Edwin S Porter that made use of a double-exposure to show a train window view of passing landscape?
- The Great Train Robbery (1903)
2) Who invented the traveling matte shot in 1916?
- Frank Williams, later refined as blue screen.
3) How many weeks did it take to animate the main character in 1933’s KING KONG?
3) How many weeks did it take to animate the main character in 1933’s KING KONG?
- 55 weeks total for the stop and go animation which was probably a pain in the ass.
4) Which film made use of the ‘slit scan’ process in the 1960s?
4) Which film made use of the ‘slit scan’ process in the 1960s?
- Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, a space odyssey.
5) In his essay “Industrial Memory” theorist Mark Dery argues that the silver fluid T1000 cyborg character represents a ‘masculine recoil’ – but from what?
5) In his essay “Industrial Memory” theorist Mark Dery argues that the silver fluid T1000 cyborg character represents a ‘masculine recoil’ – but from what?
- The t800 can be seen as masculine recoil while Claudia Springer coins it as ”Feminization of electronic technology.”
6) Tim Recuber in his essay “Immersion Cinema” describes the key idea – that of immersion cinema itself – what is it? What makes it unique?
6) Tim Recuber in his essay “Immersion Cinema” describes the key idea – that of immersion cinema itself – what is it? What makes it unique?
- Recuber notes that Immersion Cinema "emphasizes tech achievement to detriment of social or artistic relevance and embeds a passive, consumerist ideology within the spaces of contemporary movie going." It is also a technique to apply to imax screens.
7) In the special effects history links, in the Time magazine history of special effects, there is a description of ‘motion control’ cameras developed for “Star Wars” in the 1970s. What is motion control?(1 paragraph)
7) In the special effects history links, in the Time magazine history of special effects, there is a description of ‘motion control’ cameras developed for “Star Wars” in the 1970s. What is motion control?(1 paragraph)
- While winning an academy award that year for best technical achievement, Dykstraflex motion-control system is where the camera is hooked up to a computer, which allowed filmmakers to maneuver the camera in complicated directions.
8) Out of the 14 minutes of Jurassic Park’s dinosaur footage, how many minutes were computer generated imagery or CGI?
8) Out of the 14 minutes of Jurassic Park’s dinosaur footage, how many minutes were computer generated imagery or CGI?
- Only 4 minutes were cgi. The rest was men in rubber raptor suits.
9) In the ‘denofgeek’ website, what is the name of the film that features an army of sword fighting skeletons, made in 1963?
9) In the ‘denofgeek’ website, what is the name of the film that features an army of sword fighting skeletons, made in 1963?
- “Jason and the Argonauts.”
10) In the ‘denofgeek’ site, which 2005 film used a special effects shot to sell the idea of a remake of a famous science fiction story to Steven Spielberg?
10) In the ‘denofgeek’ site, which 2005 film used a special effects shot to sell the idea of a remake of a famous science fiction story to Steven Spielberg?
- Bridge destruction scene from ‘War of the worlds’ remake. Terrible ending by the way, that annoying rebel son should have been dead.
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