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