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