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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, "Postproduction".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which scenes of El Mariachi are shot first?
(a) the musical scenes
(b) the gunfight scenes in the jail
(c) the swimming pool scenes
(d) those with Reinol Martinez, the man who plays Azul

2. What does a professor at the film school think of Rodriguez' idea of making a film so cheaply?
(a) that it has possibilities
(b) that it can be done cheaper than that
(c) that it will fail
(d) that they have planned well

3. What comes with the next prize Bedhead wins in a film competition?
(a) an offer to go to Hollywood
(b) a school scholarship
(c) $700 that he will use in El Mariachi
(d) a new 16mm movie camera

4. How does Rodriguez plan to make single shot weapons appear to be semi-automatic?
(a) through prop enhancement
(b) through digital manipuation
(c) through careful editing
(d) though a soft filter lens

5. What does Rodriguez say a film school teaches?
(a) how to find investors for a movie project
(b) how to enter film contests
(c) how to buy expensive equipment
(d) how to make a big budget movie or how to make contacts

Short Answer Questions

1. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?

2. What makes it necessary to improvise?

3. How do Rodriguez and Gallardo meet all the people who end up helping them?

4. How much do Rodriguez and Gallardo estimate it will take to make their movie?

5. What enhances Rodriguez' technical skills?

(see the answer key)

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