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title: Special effects and stunts — how Mova does on the tests · Arts
description: Lesson 25 of the arts course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Special effects and stunts

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**Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 25 of the arts course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your mate goes, "If it looks easy in the film, I can do it off the shed, sorted." What is the right answer?

- **1.** Yes, as long as he watches the scene ten times first to learn it — no support
- **2.** Only if a friend films it so he can see what went wrong after — no support
- **3.** Yes, because films only ever show things that are safe for anyone — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** No, stunts need training and gear — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 14: «To show an actor much younger, films use make-up, a younger actor, or computers, which is called de-ageing; some viewers love it and others say it looks strang…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+4); the same doer «films» (+3). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t1/)

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### Test 2 · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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What would happen if a film fight used real punches?

- **1.** The actors would quickly get used to it and stop feeling the punches — no support
- **2.** The fight would look exactly the same but somehow be much safer — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** Actors would get hurt — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The film would be banned from every cinema in the country — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 12: «In black-and-white films, chocolate syrup was used as fake blood because it looked right on screen.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «look» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A kid in Liverpool says, "Old effects were dead rubbish, la" ("la" means mate). What is fair to say?

- **1.** Old films had no special effects of any kind at all — no support
- **2.** They were clever for their time — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** They were rubbish and nobody uses any of them in films today — no support
- **4.** Old effects were secretly made by early computers in the 1930s — **← Mova's choice** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 16: «Behind-the-scenes videos show how effects are made, and that can help children feel less scared of film monsters.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+3); the same thing acted on «effects» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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In a cartoon, a boy copies a film explosion with fireworks in his garden. What should he have known?

- **1.** It is fine if a grown-up is watching from inside — no support
- **2.** Fireworks are safe if you are careful — no support
- **3.** Explosions are only for licensed experts with strict rules — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Film explosions are made by kids — **← Mova's choice** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 13: «Some films use real controlled explosions, handled only by licensed experts with strict safety rules, while others add explosions by computer.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «real controlled explosions» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t4/)

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### Test 5 · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Your cousin from Ohio says Titanic's crew "sank a real ship, no cap". Which is true?

- **1.** They sank a real old ship in the Atlantic Ocean to film it — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** A bathtub and a toy boat — no support
- **3.** They built part of it and used models — **✓ the right answer** · score 5
- **4.** They filmed the real Titanic as it was sinking back in 1912 — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 25, line 1: «Special effects are tricks that make impossible things look real on screen: flying heroes, dragons, sinking ships and monsters.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «ships» (+4); the same action «sink» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t5/)

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### Test 6 · right ✓ {#t6}

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Your little brother asks why the dragon looked at the actor but the actor looked at a ball. What happened?

- **1.** The ball was its baby — no support
- **2.** The dragon was added later by computer — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** The actor was too scared to look at the real dragon on set — score 5
- **4.** The dragon was invisible on that day and came back the next — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 25, line 9: «When a creature will be added by computer later, actors look at a tennis ball on a stick or a person in a grey suit so their eyes point the right way.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «add» (+4); the same doer «computer» (+3); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t6/)

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### Test 7 · right ✓ {#t7}

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Grace says fake blood is "ew but yum". Why might old fake blood be yummy?

- **1.** It was chocolate syrup, which looked right in black and white — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Actors liked to drink it for fun — no support
- **3.** It was real blood mixed with sugar — no support
- **4.** It was strawberry jam on every film — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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A friend says a fight "deffo landed" ("deffo" means definitely). What makes a missed punch look real?

- **1.** Slowing down the film so the fist seems to touch the face — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A real hit that is made very soft so nobody gets hurt — no support
- **3.** Angle, sound and reaction — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Hiding a thick pillow inside the actor's shirt and jacket — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Your mum says de-ageing is "a bit creepy, like a waxwork". Which is true?

- **1.** Everyone agrees it looks perfectly real — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** De-ageing is illegal in films — no support
- **3.** It is only used in cartoons — no support
- **4.** People argue about it; some love it and some find it strange — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t9/)

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### Test 10 · right ✓ {#t10}

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Which is the best reason stunt performers get paid as experts?

- **1.** They are actors who forgot their lines and were given stunts instead — no support
- **2.** They train and rehearse with safety teams — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7
- **3.** They are not afraid of anything at all, so they need no practice — no support
- **4.** They skip all planning — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 8: «Stunt performers are trained professionals who rehearse with safety teams and hidden safety gear, and they can still get hurt; film stunts must never be copied…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «rehearse» (+4); the same circumstance (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t10/)

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### Test 11 · right ✓ {#t11}

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Why might seeing a man in a rubber suit help a scared child?

- **1.** It proves monsters live in film studios — score 3
- **2.** It shows the monster was made by people, not real — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** It makes the monster even scarier — score 4
- **4.** It teaches him to make his own monster suit — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 25, line 4: «Once you know how a monster was made, it gets much less scary: watch a behind-the-scenes clip and the beast is a man in a rubber suit having a cup of tea.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «make» (+2); the same thing acted on «monster» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal reason for which the replication of cinematic stunts by members of the public is to be avoided.

- **1.** Stunts are computer-made — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Stunts are invariably free from all risk and therefore require no imitation — no support
- **3.** They rely on training and unseen safety equipment — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Stunts are prohibited by law only within the premises of cinemas — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the function of a green screen?

- **1.** A colour rendering performers taller upon screen — no support
- **2.** A protective barrier preventing injury to actors — no support
- **3.** A signal to the audience that a scene has ended — no support
- **4.** A background subsequently replaced by computer with another setting — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 5, line 2: «The app's "made for you" playlist is not mind reading: an algorithm, a set of rules a computer follows, looks at what you play, skip and like and compares it w…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «computer» (+4). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the film "King Kong" of 1933.

- **1.** The gorilla was generated by an early computer built for the purpose — no support
- **2.** It was a man on stilts — no support
- **3.** The gorilla was a trained animal of very great size brought from abroad — no support
- **4.** The gorilla was a small hand-moved model — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 25, line 10: «In the 1933 film King Kong the giant gorilla was a small model moved by hand a tiny bit at a time.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «giant gorilla» (+2); the same thing acted on «small model» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain the procedure by which filmed combat is rendered convincing without injury.

- **1.** Performers wear concealed armour and strike with full force — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Performers strike one another with reduced force — no support
- **3.** Blows are directed to miss, with angle, sound and reaction conveying contact — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** All combat is generated subsequently by computer — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/e4/)

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