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