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






2. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






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






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






5. Join two images by moving a line across one image to replace it with the next






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






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






8. Entire scene in one take






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






10. Dividing up the narrative into large units






11. Fragmentation of time and space






12. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






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






14. Fragmentation of time and space






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






16. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action






17. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action






18. Another name for disjunctive editing






19. Screen darkens






20. 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.






21. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity






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






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






24. A relatively close shot of two characters






25. Continuity editing that establishes spatial and temporal clarity by breaking down a scene - often using progressively tighter framings that remain consistent spatial relations






26. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity






27. Another name for continuity editing






28. Another name for disjunctive editing






29. Shown through a character's eyes






30. 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.






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






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






33. Interspersed






34. Shown through a character's eyes






35. Interspersed






36. Insert that breaks continuity






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






38. 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.






39. Screen lightens






40. Dividing up the narrative into large units






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Superimposes one shot over the next






46. The order according to which shots or scenes convey the temporal sequence of the story's events






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






48. 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






49. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






50. Continuity editing that establishes spatial and temporal clarity by breaking down a scene - often using progressively tighter framings that remain consistent spatial relations