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