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Which technique combines separately filmed visual elements into one finished shot?
Pyrotechnics
Compositing
Foley recording
Storyboarding
Correct answer: B. Compositing. Compositing layers multiple visual elements—such as actors, digital backgrounds, smoke, or creatures—into a single seamless image.
2
What is the main purpose of a green screen in visual-effects production?
To soften shadows on actors
To improve microphone quality
To measure camera movement
To replace a colored background with another image
Correct answer: D. To replace a colored background with another image. Green-screen chroma keying removes a specific color so filmmakers can place performers in digitally created or separately filmed environments.
3
Which special-effects method uses detailed scale models to represent full-size buildings, vehicles, or landscapes?
Miniature photography
Rotoscoping
Motion capture
Matte extraction
Correct answer: A. Miniature photography. Miniature photography films carefully built scale models so they appear to be full-size objects or environments on screen.
4
What does CGI stand for in film and television production?
Cinematic Graphic Illumination
Computer-Guided Imaging
Computer-Generated Imagery
Composite Graphics Integration
Correct answer: C. Computer-Generated Imagery. CGI means Computer-Generated Imagery, covering digitally created characters, environments, objects, simulations, and enhancements.
5
Which effect is usually considered a practical effect rather than a digital visual effect?
A digitally rendered dragon
A controlled on-set explosion
A computer-generated city skyline
A digitally removed safety wire
Correct answer: B. A controlled on-set explosion. A controlled explosion performed and filmed on set is a practical effect because it physically exists in front of the camera.
6
What is motion capture primarily used to record?
An actor’s movements for a digital character
The color temperature of studio lights
The speed of film projection
The volume of background sound
Correct answer: A. An actor’s movements for a digital character. Motion capture records an actor’s body movements so they can drive the animation of a digital character or creature.
7
Which process involves tracing or painting over filmed footage frame by frame?
Rear projection
Stop-motion replacement
Digital grading
Rotoscoping
Correct answer: D. Rotoscoping. Rotoscoping uses live-action footage as a frame-by-frame reference for animation, masking, or precise visual-effects work.
8
Why are tracking markers placed on a green screen or set wall?
To identify the actors’ costumes
To control the brightness of the scene
To help software calculate camera movement and perspective
To prevent the background from wrinkling
Correct answer: C. To help software calculate camera movement and perspective. Tracking markers provide reference points that software follows to reconstruct camera motion and correctly place digital elements in the shot.
9
What is a matte painting traditionally used to create?
Large environments or backgrounds that would be difficult to build
Realistic impact sounds for action scenes
Mechanical movement inside creature suits
Temporary tattoos for performers
Correct answer: A. Large environments or backgrounds that would be difficult to build. Matte paintings extend or replace scenery, allowing filmmakers to show vast cities, landscapes, castles, or worlds without constructing them physically.
10
Which department commonly creates realistic wounds, aging, creatures, and facial transformations directly on performers?
Location sound
Special-effects makeup
Color grading
Camera stabilization
Correct answer: B. Special-effects makeup. Special-effects makeup uses prosthetics, sculpting, painting, appliances, and other techniques to alter a performer’s appearance.