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