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