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