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Film Techniques
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Study First
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.
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. The camera is on a crane over the action
Boom/Crane
Low Key
Shot
High Key
2. A stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object seem to move closer to or further away from the camera
Fade
Zoom
Extreme Close Up
Tilt
3. The camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action
Low Key
Dolly/Tracking
Two Shot
Wipe
4. The image being shot as part of a whole
Front or Back Lighting
Extreme Close Up
Shot Reverse Shot
Flashback
5. Cut or dissolve to action that happened in the past
Flashback
Eye Line Match
Dolly/Tracking
Long Shot
6. The image being shot as part of a whole
Medium Shot
Boom/Crane
High Angle
Extreme Close Up
7. A stationary camera where the lens moves to make an object seem to move closer to or further away from the camera
Dolly/Tracking
Dolly/Tracking
Zoom
Low Key
8. Sound that could logically be heard by the characters in the film
Zoom
High Angle
Diegetic
Shot
9. A stationary camera moves up or down along a vertical axis
Two Shot
Tilt
Two Shot
Medium Shot
10. The image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame
Close Up
Flashback
Establishing Shot
Low Angle
11. A kind of fade in which one image is slowly replaced by another
Wipe
Close Up
Two Shot
Dissolve
12. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously
Shot Reverse Shot
Cross Cutting
Extreme Close Up
Zoom
13. A scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally
Boom/Crane
Two Shot
Wipe
Shot
14. A stationary camera moves from side to side on a horizontal axis
Fade
Pan
Dolly/Tracking
Long Shot
15. The most common shot
Non Diegetic
Eye Level
High Key
Medium Shot
16. The camera is on a track that allows it to move with the action
Dolly/Tracking
Boom/Crane
Close Up
Dissolve
17. A stationary camera moves from side to side on a horizontal axis
High Key
Pan
Low Angle
Shot
18. The camera films subjects from below
Low Angle
Cross Cutting
Establishing Shot
Dissolve
19. Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene
Cut
Establishing Shot
Boom/Crane
Flashback
20. The image takes up at least 80 percent of the frame
Close Up
Wipe
Bottom or Side Lighting
Wipe
21. A shot of one subject - then another - then back to the first
Shot Reverse Shot
Eye Level
Close Up
Low Key
22. The scene is flooded with shadows and darkness - creating suspense or suspicion
Eye Line Match
Eye Line Match
Boom/Crane
Low Key
23. A stationary camera moves up or down along a vertical axis
Tilt
Two Shot
Diegetic
High Angle
24. The camera is above the subject
High Angle
Non Diegetic
High Key
Shot Reverse Shot
25. Cut to an object - then to a person
Boom/Crane
Medium Shot
Eye Line Match
Eye Level
26. Cut into action that is happening simultaneously
Cut
Cross Cutting
Boom/Crane
Boom/Crane
27. Sound that cannot be heard by the characters but is designed for audience reaction only
Non Diegetic
Shot Reverse Shot
Wipe
Long Shot
28. The scene is flooded with shadows and darkness - creating suspense or suspicion
Flashback
Low Key
Long Shot
Close Up
29. The camera is above the subject
Establishing Shot
Front or Back Lighting
Long Shot
High Angle
30. Sound that could logically be heard by the characters in the film
Extreme Close Up
High Angle
Cross Cutting
Diegetic
31. The camera films subjects from below
Cut
Cut
Dolly/Tracking
Low Angle
32. Soft lighting on the actor's face or from behind
Front or Back Lighting
Cross Cutting
Low Key
Flashback
33. A shot from some distance
Diegetic
Flashback
Medium Shot
Long Shot
34. The most common shot
Low Angle
Medium Shot
Zoom
Shot Reverse Shot
35. The scene is flooded with light - creating a bright and open looking scene
High Angle
Tilt
High Key
Flashback
36. Direct lighting from below or the side
Front or Back Lighting
Bottom or Side Lighting
Eye Level
Extreme Close Up
37. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
Flashback
Eye Line Match
Shot
Pan
38. Soft lighting on the actor's face or from behind
Front or Back Lighting
Flashback
Dolly/Tracking
Medium Shot
39. Can be to or from black or white
Front or Back Lighting
Boom/Crane
Cut
Fade
40. A single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
Shot
Long Shot
Cross Cutting
Eye Level
41. Cut or dissolve to action that happened in the past
Long Shot
Diegetic
Flashback
Eye Line Match
42. A new image wipes off the previous image
Front or Back Lighting
Front or Back Lighting
Eye Level
Wipe
43. Often a long shot or a series of shots that sets the scene
Wipe
Establishing Shot
Pan
Low Key
44. Sound that cannot be heard by the characters but is designed for audience reaction only
Non Diegetic
Extreme Close Up
Flashback
Shot Reverse Shot
45. The camera is on a crane over the action
Diegetic
Shot Reverse Shot
Boom/Crane
High Key
46. Most common editing technique
Shot
Two Shot
Cut
Establishing Shot
47. A new image wipes off the previous image
Wipe
Tilt
Pan
Non Diegetic
48. A shot taken from a normal height or at the character's eye level
Zoom
Diegetic
Cut
Eye Level
49. A scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that includes both characters more or less equally
Front or Back Lighting
Zoom
Non Diegetic
Two Shot
50. Cut to an object - then to a person
Cross Cutting
Eye Line Match
Front or Back Lighting
Establishing Shot