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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. Temporal relation of shots and scenes to the amount of time that passes in the story
pace
dissolve
duration
rhythmic editing
2. Initial long shot that establishes setting and orients the viewer in space to a clear view of the action
wipes
verisimilitude
establishing shot
chronology
3. Interspersed
fade-out
sequence shot
intercut
30-degree rule
4. Dividing up the narrative into large units
segmentation
visible editing
cutaway
overlapping editing
5. Imaginary line bisecting a scene corresponding to the 180-degree rule
axis of action
graphic editing
analytical editing
structural film
6. Organization of editing according to different paces or tempos determined by how quickly cuts are made
alienation effects
Point-of-view shot
duration
rhythmic editing
7. Superimposes one shot over the next
fade-in
shot/reverse-shot
dissolve
graphic editing
8. Style of editing creating formal patterns of shapes - masses - colors - lines - and lighting patterns through links between shots
structural film
verisimilitude
dissolve
graphic editing
9. 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
intercut
nondiegetic insert
180-degree rule
pace
10. 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
shot/reverse-shot
graphic match
eyeline match
two-shot
11. Shots of relatively long duration
nondiegetic insert
two-shot
duration
long takes
12. Shown through a character's eyes
Point-of-view shot
montage
ellipsis
pace
13. Initial long shot that establishes setting and orients the viewer in space to a clear view of the action
establishing shot
fade-in
crosscutting
sequence shot
14. Depicts a character's response to something the viewers have just been shown
reaction shot
verisimilitude
ellipsis
eyeline match
15. Style emphasizing the breaks and contrasts between images joined by a cut
montage
establishing shot
fade-in
dissolve
16. Another name for disjunctive editing
visible editing
fade-out
jump cut
axis of action
17. Another name for continuity editing
Point-of-view shot
establishing shot
invisible editing
axis of action
18. 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
fade-out
wipes
reaction shot
19. 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
sequence shot
reaction shot
insert
20. A relatively close shot of two characters
intercut
analytical editing
cutaway
two-shot
21. Screen darkens
fade-out
180-degree rule
modernism
intercut
22. Screen darkens
movement editing
reaction shot
fade-out
analytical editing
23. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action
crosscutting
shot/reverse-shot
Point-of-view shot
pace
24. Dividing up the narrative into large units
fade-in
analytical editing
segmentation
reestablishing shot
25. Appearance of truth
graphic editing
verisimilitude
30-degree rule
movement editing
26. 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
wipes
rhythmic editing
27. Another name for disjunctive editing
structural film
ellipsis
30-degree rule
visible editing
28. The order according to which shots or scenes convey the temporal sequence of the story's events
reaction shot
segmentation
segmentation
chronology
29. Fragmentation of time and space
long takes
scene
match on action
modernism
30. Fragmentation of time and space
modernism
visible editing
continuity editing
fade-in
31. Insert that breaks continuity
reaction shot
montage
duration
nondiegetic insert
32. Join two images by moving a line across one image to replace it with the next
180-degree rule
wipes
fade-in
30-degree rule
33. Style emphasizing the breaks and contrasts between images joined by a cut
two-shot
montage
alienation effects
fade-in
34. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action
visible editing
long takes
crosscutting
reaction shot
35. Appearance of truth
axis of action
movement editing
disjunctive editing
verisimilitude
36. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action
continuity editing
overlapping editing
disjunctive editing
cutaway
37. 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
graphic match
dissolve
graphic editing
38. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action
wipes
duration
jump cut
shot/reverse-shot
39. Periodic return to an initial establishing view
reestablishing shot
Point-of-view shot
reaction shot
pace
40. Style of editing creating formal patterns of shapes - masses - colors - lines - and lighting patterns through links between shots
graphic editing
visible editing
segmentation
segmentation
41. Shots of relatively long duration
modernism
modernism
long takes
chronology
42. Superimposes one shot over the next
two-shot
graphic match
scene
dissolve
43. Temporal relation of shots and scenes to the amount of time that passes in the story
duration
dissolve
eyeline match
continuity editing
44. The direction and pace of actions - gestures - and other movements are linked with corresponding or contrasting movements in one or more other shots
visible editing
establishing shot
movement editing
chronology
45. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action
shot/reverse-shot
sequence
verisimilitude
insert
46. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action
insert
reaction shot
fade-out
shot/reverse-shot
47. The direction and pace of actions - gestures - and other movements are linked with corresponding or contrasting movements in one or more other shots
scene
movement editing
segmentation
segmentation
48. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity
disjunctive editing
reestablishing shot
nondiegetic insert
overlapping editing
49. Organization of editing according to different paces or tempos determined by how quickly cuts are made
alienation effects
scene
rhythmic editing
long takes
50. 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.
verisimilitude
sequence
shot/reverse-shot
30-degree rule