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