Test your basic knowledge |

Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • 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. Fragmentation of time and space






2. Appearance of truth






3. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action






4. Another name for disjunctive editing






5. Screen darkens






6. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action






7. Organization of editing according to different paces or tempos determined by how quickly cuts are made






8. Style emphasizing the breaks and contrasts between images joined by a cut






9. 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.






10. Direction of an action is edited to a shot depicting the continuation of that action






11. 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.






12. Distance the viewer from material






13. Style of editing creating formal patterns of shapes - masses - colors - lines - and lighting patterns through links between shots






14. 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






15. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action






16. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action






17. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






18. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently






19. Tempo at which the film seems to move






20. Entire scene in one take






21. 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






22. Imaginary line bisecting a scene corresponding to the 180-degree rule






23. Entire scene in one take






24. Interspersed






25. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action






26. Depicts a character's response to something the viewers have just been shown






27. Shown through a character's eyes






28. 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






29. Dividing up the narrative into large units






30. Depicts a character's response to something the viewers have just been shown






31. Any number of shots that are unified as a coherent action - regardless of space and time






32. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






33. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently






34. The direction and pace of actions - gestures - and other movements are linked with corresponding or contrasting movements in one or more other shots






35. 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.






36. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action






37. Tempo at which the film seems to move






38. Follows a predetermined structure






39. Interspersed






40. The direction and pace of actions - gestures - and other movements are linked with corresponding or contrasting movements in one or more other shots






41. 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.






42. Superimposes one shot over the next






43. 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






44. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






45. Shots of relatively long duration






46. Direction of an action is edited to a shot depicting the continuation of that action






47. One or more shots that describe a continuous space - time - and action






48. Initial long shot that establishes setting and orients the viewer in space to a clear view of the action






49. Insert that breaks continuity






50. 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