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Film Editing
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performing-arts
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film
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Another name for disjunctive editing
visible editing
verisimilitude
eyeline match
two-shot
2. Insert that breaks continuity
fade-out
rhythmic editing
alienation effects
nondiegetic insert
3. Tempo at which the film seems to move
pace
long takes
long takes
rhythmic editing
4. Fragmentation of time and space
fade-out
axis of action
modernism
verisimilitude
5. 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.
30-degree rule
pace
180-degree rule
alienation effects
6. Another name for continuity editing
reestablishing shot
rhythmic editing
jump cut
invisible editing
7. 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
crosscutting
180-degree rule
fade-out
eyeline match
8. Shots of relatively long duration
axis of action
long takes
invisible editing
duration
9. Insert that breaks continuity
pace
shot/reverse-shot
nondiegetic insert
Point-of-view shot
10. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action
duration
eyeline match
segmentation
jump cut
11. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action
graphic match
scene
insert
visible editing
12. Appearance of truth
continuity editing
verisimilitude
match on action
match on action
13. Depicts a character's response to something the viewers have just been shown
graphic editing
reaction shot
modernism
invisible editing
14. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action
cutaway
crosscutting
reestablishing shot
chronology
15. Style of editing creating formal patterns of shapes - masses - colors - lines - and lighting patterns through links between shots
establishing shot
shot/reverse-shot
graphic editing
intercut
16. Superimposes one shot over the next
fade-in
dissolve
structural film
nondiegetic insert
17. Continuity editing that establishes spatial and temporal clarity by breaking down a scene - often using progressively tighter framings that remain consistent spatial relations
analytical editing
axis of action
alienation effects
fade-out
18. Imaginary line bisecting a scene corresponding to the 180-degree rule
sequence shot
axis of action
scene
match on action
19. Shown through a character's eyes
ellipsis
fade-out
Point-of-view shot
chronology
20. Style emphasizing the breaks and contrasts between images joined by a cut
rhythmic editing
cutaway
montage
overlapping editing
21. Screen lightens
duration
fade-in
movement editing
movement editing
22. Tempo at which the film seems to move
scene
axis of action
pace
montage
23. Another name for continuity editing
duration
continuity editing
invisible editing
dissolve
24. The order according to which shots or scenes convey the temporal sequence of the story's events
jump cut
pace
continuity editing
chronology
25. Join two images by moving a line across one image to replace it with the next
180-degree rule
continuity editing
wipes
disjunctive editing
26. Direction of an action is edited to a shot depicting the continuation of that action
fade-out
analytical editing
eyeline match
match on action
27. Distance the viewer from material
180-degree rule
30-degree rule
alienation effects
reaction shot
28. Periodic return to an initial establishing view
disjunctive editing
sequence shot
reestablishing shot
cutaway
29. Style emphasizing the breaks and contrasts between images joined by a cut
pace
montage
ellipsis
eyeline match
30. Interspersed
continuity editing
intercut
fade-out
sequence
31. 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.
sequence shot
establishing shot
visible editing
shot/reverse-shot
32. Continuity editing that establishes spatial and temporal clarity by breaking down a scene - often using progressively tighter framings that remain consistent spatial relations
visible editing
analytical editing
cutaway
180-degree rule
33. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently
structural film
continuity editing
reaction shot
pace
34. Follows a predetermined structure
duration
establishing shot
structural film
alienation effects
35. Entire scene in one take
montage
sequence shot
cutaway
structural film
36. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing
verisimilitude
segmentation
graphic match
ellipsis
37. The order according to which shots or scenes convey the temporal sequence of the story's events
chronology
fade-out
segmentation
disjunctive editing
38. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action
scene
fade-out
cutaway
rhythmic editing
39. Any number of shots that are unified as a coherent action - regardless of space and time
sequence
Point-of-view shot
movement editing
reestablishing shot
40. Fragmentation of time and space
invisible editing
180-degree rule
modernism
structural film
41. One or more shots that describe a continuous space - time - and action
scene
reestablishing shot
30-degree rule
alienation effects
42. 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
duration
montage
graphic match
visible editing
43. 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
two-shot
pace
alienation effects
44. Shown through a character's eyes
analytical editing
montage
chronology
Point-of-view shot
45. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity
long takes
jump cut
overlapping editing
fade-out
46. A relatively close shot of two characters
shot/reverse-shot
graphic match
reaction shot
two-shot
47. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing
match on action
alienation effects
180-degree rule
ellipsis
48. Join two images by moving a line across one image to replace it with the next
wipes
cutaway
insert
verisimilitude
49. Dividing up the narrative into large units
nondiegetic insert
segmentation
visible editing
establishing shot
50. 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
two-shot
reaction shot
duration