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Film Techniques
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Study First
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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The camera is above the subject
Eye Line Match
Low Angle
Eye Level
High Angle
2. A kind of fade in which one image is slowly replaced by another
Dissolve
Bottom or Side Lighting
Boom/Crane
Boom/Crane
3. Cut to an object - then to a person
Establishing Shot
Eye Level
Shot
Eye Line Match
4. Most common editing technique
Low Angle
Diegetic
Cut
Long Shot
5. Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene
Establishing Shot
Front or Back Lighting
Pan
Long Shot
6. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
Shot
Two Shot
Long Shot
Low Key
7. A shot taken from a normal height or at the character's eye level
Eye Level
High Key
Pan
Low Angle
8. The scene is flooded with light - creating a bright and open looking scene
Bottom or Side Lighting
Tilt
High Key
Boom/Crane
9. A scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally
Long Shot
Two Shot
Dissolve
Diegetic
10. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously
Shot
Zoom
Cross Cutting
Establishing Shot
11. The camera is above the subject
Cut
Dolly/Tracking
High Angle
Extreme Close Up
12. The camera films subjects from below
Non Diegetic
Front or Back Lighting
Extreme Close Up
Low Angle
13. Cut or dissolve to action that happened in the past
Flashback
Eye Line Match
High Key
Low Angle
14. Sound that could logically be heard by the characters in the film
Medium Shot
Diegetic
Dolly/Tracking
Non Diegetic
15. The camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action
Dolly/Tracking
Extreme Close Up
Wipe
Low Key
16. A stationary camera moves up or down along a vertical axis
Tilt
Cut
Eye Level
Pan
17. Direct lighting from below or the side
Tilt
Bottom or Side Lighting
Wipe
Close Up
18. A shot from some distance
Diegetic
Shot Reverse Shot
Eye Line Match
Long Shot
19. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
Shot
High Angle
Tilt
Medium Shot
20. A new image wipes off the previous image
Extreme Close Up
Wipe
Eye Line Match
Cut
21. Can be to or from black or white
Wipe
Eye Line Match
Eye Level
Fade
22. The most common shot
Cut
Zoom
Medium Shot
Diegetic
23. The image being shot as part of a whole
Extreme Close Up
Boom/Crane
Tilt
Long Shot
24. The image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame
Bottom or Side Lighting
Low Angle
Close Up
Medium Shot
25. The image being shot as part of a whole
Close Up
Eye Level
Extreme Close Up
Pan
26. The camera is on a crane over the action
Boom/Crane
Zoom
Medium Shot
Cross Cutting
27. A kind of fade in which one image is slowly replaced by another
Two Shot
Dissolve
High Key
Front or Back Lighting
28. The camera films subjects from below
Zoom
Extreme Close Up
Medium Shot
Low Angle
29. Can be to or from black or white
Eye Level
Fade
Pan
Non Diegetic
30. A stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object seem to move closer to or further away from the camera
Low Angle
Bottom or Side Lighting
Extreme Close Up
Zoom
31. Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene
Establishing Shot
Eye Level
Pan
Flashback
32. The camera is on a crane over the action
Extreme Close Up
Long Shot
Boom/Crane
Front or Back Lighting
33. Soft lighting on the actor's face or from behind
Extreme Close Up
Front or Back Lighting
Fade
Fade
34. A new image wipes off the previous image
Close Up
Front or Back Lighting
Dolly/Tracking
Wipe
35. The scene is flooded with light - creating a bright and open looking scene
Diegetic
High Angle
High Key
Low Key
36. A scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally
Two Shot
Eye Line Match
Fade
Shot
37. A shot taken from a normal height or at the character's eye level
High Angle
Diegetic
Eye Level
Flashback
38. The most common shot
Flashback
Medium Shot
Establishing Shot
Shot
39. A shot of one subject - then another - then back to the first
Flashback
Tilt
Bottom or Side Lighting
Shot Reverse Shot
40. Soft lighting on the actor's face or from behind
Close Up
Front or Back Lighting
Medium Shot
Extreme Close Up
41. The image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame
Close Up
Dissolve
Fade
Pan
42. The scene is flooded with shadows and darkness - creating suspense or suspicion
Tilt
Low Key
Bottom or Side Lighting
Boom/Crane
43. A stationary camera moves from side to side on a horizontal axis
Eye Level
High Angle
Pan
Extreme Close Up
44. Direct lighting from below or the side
Bottom or Side Lighting
Eye Line Match
Non Diegetic
Tilt
45. A stationary camera moves up or down along a vertical axis
Fade
Wipe
Medium Shot
Tilt
46. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously
Cross Cutting
Medium Shot
Cut
Long Shot
47. A stationary camera moves from side to side on a horizontal axis
Pan
Two Shot
Non Diegetic
Non Diegetic
48. Most common editing technique
Shot
Fade
Shot Reverse Shot
Cut
49. The camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action
Zoom
Pan
Shot Reverse Shot
Dolly/Tracking
50. Sound that cannot be heard by the characters but is designed for audience reaction only
Extreme Close Up
Long Shot
Non Diegetic
Tilt