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