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