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