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