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