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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. The direction and pace of actions - gestures - and other movements are linked with corresponding or contrasting movements in one or more other shots
crosscutting
establishing shot
movement editing
disjunctive editing
2. Entire scene in one take
crosscutting
sequence shot
establishing shot
disjunctive editing
3. Screen darkens
two-shot
segmentation
establishing shot
fade-out
4. Appearance of truth
insert
alienation effects
pace
verisimilitude
5. Interspersed
intercut
graphic match
chronology
ellipsis
6. Fragmentation of time and space
intercut
modernism
two-shot
intercut
7. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently
continuity editing
graphic match
overlapping editing
fade-in
8. Style emphasizing the breaks and contrasts between images joined by a cut
visible editing
sequence
analytical editing
montage
9. Superimposes one shot over the next
Point-of-view shot
movement editing
intercut
dissolve
10. The order according to which shots or scenes convey the temporal sequence of the story's events
reestablishing shot
structural film
rhythmic editing
chronology
11. Imaginary line bisecting a scene corresponding to the 180-degree rule
fade-in
two-shot
axis of action
fade-in
12. Screen darkens
pace
establishing shot
insert
fade-out
13. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing
ellipsis
scene
modernism
pace
14. Another name for disjunctive editing
dissolve
visible editing
scene
insert
15. Superimposes one shot over the next
reestablishing shot
fade-out
dissolve
cutaway
16. 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.
establishing shot
disjunctive editing
modernism
establishing shot
17. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action
jump cut
montage
Point-of-view shot
montage
18. Direction of an action is edited to a shot depicting the continuation of that action
wipes
match on action
duration
sequence
19. Distance the viewer from material
movement editing
alienation effects
scene
ellipsis
20. Follows a predetermined structure
insert
long takes
structural film
duration
21. Join two images by moving a line across one image to replace it with the next
match on action
match on action
fade-in
wipes
22. Continuity editing that establishes spatial and temporal clarity by breaking down a scene - often using progressively tighter framings that remain consistent spatial relations
Point-of-view shot
analytical editing
sequence shot
structural film
23. Another name for disjunctive editing
montage
visible editing
fade-out
Point-of-view shot
24. A relatively close shot of two characters
sequence shot
ellipsis
sequence
two-shot
25. Shown through a character's eyes
analytical editing
Point-of-view shot
pace
modernism
26. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently
long takes
continuity editing
insert
eyeline match
27. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action
disjunctive editing
duration
shot/reverse-shot
cutaway
28. Periodic return to an initial establishing view
pace
sequence shot
pace
reestablishing shot
29. Screen lightens
nondiegetic insert
fade-in
insert
reaction shot
30. Distance the viewer from material
chronology
modernism
duration
alienation effects
31. Shown through a character's eyes
wipes
montage
crosscutting
Point-of-view shot
32. 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
nondiegetic insert
structural film
continuity editing
33. The order according to which shots or scenes convey the temporal sequence of the story's events
chronology
montage
30-degree rule
montage
34. Continuity editing that establishes spatial and temporal clarity by breaking down a scene - often using progressively tighter framings that remain consistent spatial relations
rhythmic editing
analytical editing
pace
graphic match
35. Fragmentation of time and space
modernism
crosscutting
graphic editing
fade-in
36. Insert that breaks continuity
jump cut
rhythmic editing
nondiegetic insert
30-degree rule
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
shot/reverse-shot
nondiegetic insert
sequence
graphic match
38. Another name for continuity editing
continuity editing
30-degree rule
shot/reverse-shot
invisible editing
39. Style emphasizing the breaks and contrasts between images joined by a cut
180-degree rule
nondiegetic insert
ellipsis
montage
40. Depicts a character's response to something the viewers have just been shown
duration
duration
disjunctive editing
reaction shot
41. 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
fade-in
modernism
two-shot
42. Tempo at which the film seems to move
fade-in
pace
sequence shot
crosscutting
43. Any number of shots that are unified as a coherent action - regardless of space and time
sequence
crosscutting
axis of action
crosscutting
44. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity
overlapping editing
nondiegetic insert
reestablishing shot
movement editing
45. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action
ellipsis
two-shot
insert
jump cut
46. Entire scene in one take
nondiegetic insert
match on action
sequence shot
modernism
47. 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
insert
graphic editing
180-degree rule
scene
48. 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.
cutaway
scene
jump cut
shot/reverse-shot
49. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action
intercut
crosscutting
scene
jump cut
50. Another name for continuity editing
intercut
crosscutting
invisible editing
180-degree rule