Zamir Merali Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 I had some free time and I made this quiz up. It has 10 questions, increasing in difficulty, about cinematography. In the end you get one of 5 ratings of how knowledgeable of a cinematographer you are. Don't try to cheat because each question has a 30 second time limit. Fixed Quiz Post your results and enjoy. Zamir Merali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Peline Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Hi, In question 2. you don't state what kind of CT. And also really after the quiz, you should give he right answers and explain why they are the right answers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Goldberg Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 haha thats great lol. #3 - fire the assistant :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timHealy Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 (edited) Hi, In question 2. you don't state what kind of CT. And also really after the quiz, you should give he right answers and explain why they are the right answers... I agree. Tim Edited April 29, 2007 by timHealy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 5 out of 10. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sweetman Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 In question 2. you don't state what kind of CT. Yeah, that's kind of important...if you gel it with CTO you're not getting anywhere. Also for question 4, couldn't you just as well spot meter an 18% grey card in front of the actor and wall? What was the answer for the xenons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamir Merali Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 Sorry about that question 2, I meant a C.T blue. The xenon answer was bladerunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos_Martinez Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 5 0f 10 alot of these questions are kinda bias towards your likes. but either way it was fun i learned some things. ONe thing i dont like about my school is were to cheap to use film so they teach us the whole system. most of students are going for directing and editing and only a few of us are going for an emphasis in cinematography. OFF TOPIC I KNOW :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 # 4 - A spot meter IS a reflective meter. Either answer could be correct. -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ronney Ross Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 5 out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamir Merali Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 # 4 - A spot meter IS a reflective meter. Either answer could be correct. -Sam But the correct answer was an incident meter. A reflective meter would make the black grayish and the white darkish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kar Wai Ng Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 But the correct answer was an incident meter. A reflective meter would make the black grayish and the white darkish. I'd beg to disagree; I'd use a spot meter so I'd know where I'm pegging the blacks and whites. A reflective meter doesn't "make" blacks grayish or whites darkish; your exposure decisions based on meter readings are what determine that. You can use either meter so long as you know what you're doing. So...there's no correct answer really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamir Merali Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 I guess you are right because you can just be aware of the error the reflected meter will make and compensate. However, there no denying that if you use an incident meter by the white dress the shot will be exposed correctly. Also, each answer in the quiz has a certain number of points aloted. If you picked incident you got 2 points but if you picked reflected you got 1. The points are added up in the end and your final rating is selected. So both answers are correct but one could argue that the incident meter answer is more correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I'd use a spot meter so I'd know where I'm pegging the blacks and whites. A reflective meter doesn't "make" blacks grayish or whites darkish; your exposure decisions based on meter readings are what determine that. That's how I was thinking :) Like, how hot is that white..... I mean I envisioned this white dress and want to know about it. Re reading I'd agree though incident might be the best basic answer. Would depend on if you *could* read anything from the wall..... well I've always got the back of my hand with me ! (I'd take a reading from her face, but she's wearing a veil and the dress is long with long sleeves) I should stay away from these things :) -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted April 30, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted April 30, 2007 That was fun. I got 8 of 10. I missed that the filmstock named is a black and white stock (I'm only familiar with 7222 in B&W area) and that Fincher used Deluxe's ACE process. I guessed Technicolor's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kar Wai Ng Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 However, there no denying that if you use an incident meter by the white dress the shot will be exposed correctly. Not really. Correct exposure for the white dress is not correlated to what reading you get on your incident meter. You have to make that decision based on the relative luminosities of areas in your frame and the contrast you want. In this case, I'd want to make sure that the luminosity of the white dress fits within the film's latitude; if that means adjusting lighting or shifting your exposure to bias the highlight or shadow, then that's what you do. It's not as simple as reading off what the incident meter says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted April 30, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted April 30, 2007 Teehee. 10/10 :) Actually, I should have gotten 9/10 because I meant to put CCE process and not ACE on the "Se7en" question. I didn't think the CTB question was confusing at all, but then I've had to take a lot of these tests in film school over the last few years, so maybe I've just gotten good at deciphering ambiguous film tech questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Plaza Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 5/10 :( any way i enjoy trivia games jaja Xavier Plaza Director of Photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Man I suck... 5/10. I got caught out on the black and white question. That and I thought a spot meter would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted May 1, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 1, 2007 Man I suck... 5/10. I got caught out on the black and white question. That and I thought a spot meter would be fine. Well, the only reason I knew the B&W question was because the first feature I worked on as a loader was all shot on 7266 and 7222, Tri-X reversal and Double-X negative. I got used to seeing the purple backing on the 7266 and green backing on the 7222 on the magazine's film loop to tell them apart. The spot meter IS fine if you know how to use it properly -- it assumes that whatever you point it should be 18% grey. If it's not 18% grey (or if you don't want it to be 18% grey), then you have to compensate the exposure reading it gives you accordingly. But these film school-type questions always assume that you will set the f-stop to whatever the meter tells you, so given that the correct answer is "incident meter." If you know too much or too little, you'll aways get these questions wrong! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted May 1, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 1, 2007 I have to admit I'm pretty happy with my 7/10. I missed the choreographed shot, the first use of xenons and the ACE process :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Really, any of the meter answers could be correct. I've shot with no other meter but a spot meter plenty of times. Even "guess" the exposure could be right, although if you can do it, it's not guessing. -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Downes Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 5 out of 10. :) Same here. Some of the questions were misleading, or ambiguant, or flat out weird. I've used spots for "White on Black" before to good effect, balancing to the edge of the white dress to the black wall. Or if I was trying to suck the wall out, *or* blow out the dress. All depends on the look. I did laugh at the B&W joke tho. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohtash chandel Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 (edited) I had some free time and I made this quiz up. It has 10 questions, increasing in difficulty, about cinematography. In the end you get one of 5 ratings of how knowledgeable of a cinematographer you are. Don't try to cheat because each question has a 30 second time limit. Fixed Quiz Post your results and enjoy. Zamir Merali hi zamir, Edited May 1, 2007 by rohtash chandel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Nash Posted May 5, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 5, 2007 Not really. Correct exposure for the white dress is not correlated to what reading you get on your incident meter. Yes it is. If you want a correct exposure for the dress, then that's exactly what an incident meter gives you (assuming you know how to use the meter, and measure at the position of the dress). If you want to change the exposure of the dress in favor of other elements in the frame, then the incident reading at the dress would be different from your shooting stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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