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