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