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Film Editing
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently
continuity editing
analytical editing
eyeline match
fade-out
2. Shown through a character's eyes
Point-of-view shot
reestablishing shot
wipes
analytical editing
3. Superimposes one shot over the next
cutaway
sequence shot
verisimilitude
dissolve
4. Restricts possible camera setups to the 180-degree area on one side of an imaginary line drawn between the characters or figures of a scene
establishing shot
chronology
180-degree rule
insert
5. Periodic return to an initial establishing view
reestablishing shot
ellipsis
Point-of-view shot
graphic editing
6. Tempo at which the film seems to move
pace
fade-out
disjunctive editing
disjunctive editing
7. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing
ellipsis
intercut
fade-in
jump cut
8. Continuity editing that establishes spatial and temporal clarity by breaking down a scene - often using progressively tighter framings that remain consistent spatial relations
nondiegetic insert
cutaway
establishing shot
analytical editing
9. Interspersed
intercut
two-shot
establishing shot
duration
10. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action
two-shot
jump cut
pace
reaction shot
11. Superimposes one shot over the next
montage
pace
two-shot
dissolve
12. Initial long shot that establishes setting and orients the viewer in space to a clear view of the action
eyeline match
jump cut
establishing shot
nondiegetic insert
13. Distance the viewer from material
wipes
fade-out
sequence
alienation effects
14. Fragmentation of time and space
modernism
overlapping editing
sequence shot
Point-of-view shot
15. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action
two-shot
crosscutting
reaction shot
graphic match
16. The order according to which shots or scenes convey the temporal sequence of the story's events
movement editing
eyeline match
chronology
nondiegetic insert
17. Any number of shots that are unified as a coherent action - regardless of space and time
ellipsis
jump cut
180-degree rule
sequence
18. Style of editing creating formal patterns of shapes - masses - colors - lines - and lighting patterns through links between shots
graphic editing
wipes
two-shot
analytical editing
19. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity
axis of action
rhythmic editing
reaction shot
overlapping editing
20. Shown through a character's eyes
visible editing
Point-of-view shot
jump cut
reestablishing shot
21. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action
cutaway
match on action
sequence
30-degree rule
22. Temporal relation of shots and scenes to the amount of time that passes in the story
two-shot
duration
continuity editing
montage
23. The direction and pace of actions - gestures - and other movements are linked with corresponding or contrasting movements in one or more other shots
movement editing
graphic editing
Point-of-view shot
visible editing
24. Begins with the shot of one character taken from an angle at one of the axis of action - continues with a shot of the second character from the reverse angle at the other end of the axis - and proceeds back and forth.
structural film
shot/reverse-shot
two-shot
visible editing
25. Screen darkens
two-shot
establishing shot
fade-out
pace
26. Shots of relatively long duration
long takes
disjunctive editing
movement editing
nondiegetic insert
27. A relatively close shot of two characters
duration
fade-out
30-degree rule
two-shot
28. Shots of relatively long duration
long takes
shot/reverse-shot
wipes
rhythmic editing
29. Direction of an action is edited to a shot depicting the continuation of that action
nondiegetic insert
long takes
graphic editing
match on action
30. Another name for continuity editing
modernism
intercut
invisible editing
reaction shot
31. One shot must be followed by another shot taken from at least 30 degrees from that of the first. A transition between two shots less than 30 degrees apart is perceived as unnecessary.
nondiegetic insert
movement editing
crosscutting
30-degree rule
32. Another name for disjunctive editing
visible editing
reestablishing shot
modernism
structural film
33. Screen lightens
long takes
crosscutting
pace
fade-in
34. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently
rhythmic editing
sequence
continuity editing
eyeline match
35. Tempo at which the film seems to move
pace
visible editing
two-shot
long takes
36. A relatively close shot of two characters
graphic editing
analytical editing
two-shot
scene
37. Depicts a character's response to something the viewers have just been shown
30-degree rule
cutaway
establishing shot
reaction shot
38. One or more shots that describe a continuous space - time - and action
continuity editing
scene
jump cut
chronology
39. If a character looks offscreen - the next shot will likely show the character or object that the character is looking at in a screen position that matches the gaze
ellipsis
duration
180-degree rule
eyeline match
40. Dividing up the narrative into large units
segmentation
long takes
analytical editing
nondiegetic insert
41. A variety of alternative practices that call attention to the cut through spatial tension - temporal jumps - or rhythmic or graphic pattern so as to affect viscerally - disorient - or intellectually engage the viewer.
scene
graphic match
disjunctive editing
fade-out
42. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing
reestablishing shot
insert
shot/reverse-shot
ellipsis
43. Follows a predetermined structure
establishing shot
structural film
nondiegetic insert
modernism
44. One or more shots that describe a continuous space - time - and action
chronology
scene
Point-of-view shot
sequence shot
45. And edit through which a dominant shape or line in one shot provides a visual transition to a similar shape or line in the next shot
graphic match
montage
sequence
analytical editing
46. Dividing up the narrative into large units
disjunctive editing
jump cut
segmentation
cutaway
47. If a character looks offscreen - the next shot will likely show the character or object that the character is looking at in a screen position that matches the gaze
nondiegetic insert
establishing shot
eyeline match
nondiegetic insert
48. Organization of editing according to different paces or tempos determined by how quickly cuts are made
pace
rhythmic editing
fade-in
sequence shot
49. Begins with the shot of one character taken from an angle at one of the axis of action - continues with a shot of the second character from the reverse angle at the other end of the axis - and proceeds back and forth.
long takes
sequence
dissolve
shot/reverse-shot
50. Restricts possible camera setups to the 180-degree area on one side of an imaginary line drawn between the characters or figures of a scene
shot/reverse-shot
180-degree rule
scene
graphic editing