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