View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are three important locations Rodriguez and Gallardo look for in Mexico?
(a) a bar, a jail, and a bedroom
(b) a market, a hotel, and a slum
(c) a jail, a ranch, and a bank
(d) a courtroom, a bar, and a theater

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

3. What does Rodriguez plan to do about using a camera he is not familiar with?
(a) take a crash course
(b) improvise and learn the hard way
(c) hire a good cameraman
(d) read the owner's manual

4. Doing the Pharmaco study, what does Rodriguez call himself?
(a) a starving artist
(b) a human lab rat
(c) a pin cushion
(d) a vampire bat

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rodriguez overlook small mistakes he notices while shooting El Mariachi?

2. What is the best way to describe Rodriguez' style of film making?

3. What is Rodriguez able to do when he has access to two VCRs?

4. What are Gallardo's contributions to making El Mariachi?

5. Who are the actors in Rodriguez' short film, Bedhead?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 304 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample