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