Question 1

What is a match-on-action cut?

Accepted Answer

A)  a cut that shows the likeness in shape or volume of two different objects or people 
B)  a cut that shows two characters looking at each other across two different shots 
C)  a cut that shows us the continuation of a character's or object's motion through space 
D)  a cut that jumps among seemingly unrelated or unconnected objects and people 
E)  a cut that shows a person looking offscreen and what he or she is looking at 
A)  a cut that shows the likeness in shape or volume of two different objects or people 
B)  a cut that shows two characters looking at each other across two different shots 
C)  a cut that shows us the continuation of a character's or object's motion through space 
D)  a cut that jumps among seemingly unrelated or unconnected objects and people 
E)  a cut that shows a person looking offscreen and what he or she is looking at C

Question 2

What is the best way to analyze an editor's contributions to a film?

Accepted Answer

A)  by comparing how different editors composed the same film 
B)  by investigating the editor's entire body of work 
C)  by looking at the raw footage of the film and then the final product 
D)  by reading interviews with the editor 
E)  by examining individual scenes and trying to understand how their parts fit together 
A)  by comparing how different editors composed the same film 
B)  by investigating the editor's entire body of work 
C)  by looking at the raw footage of the film and then the final product 
D)  by reading interviews with the editor 
E)  by examining individual scenes and trying to understand how their parts fit together E

Question 3

The effect of an ellipsis is determined by

Accepted Answer

A)  how much story time is implied between shots. 
B)  the number of overall shots in film. 
C)  the film's genre and style. 
D)  how many storylines the film contains. 
E)  the type of lighting in the second shot of the elliptical sequence. 
A)  how much story time is implied between shots. 
B)  the number of overall shots in film. 
C)  the film's genre and style. 
D)  how many storylines the film contains. 
E)  the type of lighting in the second shot of the elliptical sequence. A

Question 4

How does the 180-degree system influence screen direction?

Accepted Answer

A)  It prevents screen direction from being coherent to the viewer. 
B)  It makes screen direction haphazard across and between cuts. 
C)  It ensures consistent screen direction when shots are edited together. 
D)  It disrupts screen direction and substitutes for its discontinuity. 
E)  It isolates screen direction and foregrounds it for the viewer. 
A)  It prevents screen direction from being coherent to the viewer. 
B)  It makes screen direction haphazard across and between cuts. 
C)  It ensures consistent screen direction when shots are edited together. 
D)  It disrupts screen direction and substitutes for its discontinuity. 
E)  It isolates screen direction and foregrounds it for the viewer.

Question 5

Why is there no need for filmmakers to film in a real space whose dimensions correspond to the ones implied by editing?

Accepted Answer

A)  because audiences will never believe in the plausibility of an on-screen space 
B)  because production equipment cannot fit into or navigate a real space 
C)  because directors are not trained to work within a real space 
D)  because editing establishes relationships between shots that can fool audiences into accepting the believability of spaces actually shot in fractions of implied space 
E)  because editing establishes relationships between shots that can fool audiences into accepting the believability of spaces actually shot in complete and vast space 
A)  because audiences will never believe in the plausibility of an on-screen space 
B)  because production equipment cannot fit into or navigate a real space 
C)  because directors are not trained to work within a real space 
D)  because editing establishes relationships between shots that can fool audiences into accepting the believability of spaces actually shot in fractions of implied space 
E)  because editing establishes relationships between shots that can fool audiences into accepting the believability of spaces actually shot in complete and vast space

Question 6

Which of the following constitutes an eyeline match cut?

Accepted Answer

A)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of another character also looking offscreen 
B)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of the exterior of the location where that character is positioned 
C)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of that character from another angle 
D)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of another character looking back at him 
E)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of that character walking toward something 
A)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of another character also looking offscreen 
B)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of the exterior of the location where that character is positioned 
C)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of that character from another angle 
D)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of another character looking back at him 
E)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of that character walking toward something

Question 7

What is a dissolve?

Accepted Answer

A)  a fade-in or fade-out within a scene 
B)  a scene that ends on a "down note" 
C)  when a small circle of visible action surrounded by black expands to fill the entire screen 
D)  when a character never reappears in a movie 
E)  a transitional device in which a shot gradually superimposes over another shot 
A)  a fade-in or fade-out within a scene 
B)  a scene that ends on a "down note" 
C)  when a small circle of visible action surrounded by black expands to fill the entire screen 
D)  when a character never reappears in a movie 
E)  a transitional device in which a shot gradually superimposes over another shot

Question 8

What grammatical tool can be compared to the function of a freeze-frame?

Accepted Answer

A)  a comma 
B)  a semicolon 
C)  a period 
D)  an exclamation point 
E)  a question mark 
A)  a comma 
B)  a semicolon 
C)  a period 
D)  an exclamation point 
E)  a question mark

Question 9

After the action is photographed multiple times with a variety of different shot types and angles, the editor constructs the scene using the particular viewpoint that is best suited for each dramatic moment, which is a practice known as

Accepted Answer

A)  classical cutting. 
B)  intercutting. 
C)  parallel editing. 
D)  associative editing. 
E)  montage. 
A)  classical cutting. 
B)  intercutting. 
C)  parallel editing. 
D)  associative editing. 
E)  montage.

Question 10

Which of the following is a graphic match cut?

Accepted Answer

A)  a shot showing a man firing an arrow and then a shot of that arrow hitting a target 
B)  a shot showing an eye and then a shot showing a moon in the same size and shape as the eye before it 
C)  a shot showing a man driving to work and then a shot showing what his wife is doing at home 
D)  a shot showing landscape and then a closer shot showing a group of people driving via horse through that landscape 
E)  a shot showing one person talking and then another shot showing the person to whom the first is talking 
A)  a shot showing a man firing an arrow and then a shot of that arrow hitting a target 
B)  a shot showing an eye and then a shot showing a moon in the same size and shape as the eye before it 
C)  a shot showing a man driving to work and then a shot showing what his wife is doing at home 
D)  a shot showing landscape and then a closer shot showing a group of people driving via horse through that landscape 
E)  a shot showing one person talking and then another shot showing the person to whom the first is talking

Question 11

Summarize the three factors upon which the 180-degree system depends and which work together to achieve the goals of continuity editing.

Accepted Answer

(1) The action in a scene must move alon

Question 12

Which action extravaganza had the astronomical shooting ratio of 240:1 for its 120-minute running time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Justice League (2017) 
B)  Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 
C)  Thor: Ragnarok (2017) 
D)  Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 
E)  Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation (2015) 
A)  Justice League (2017) 
B)  Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 
C)  Thor: Ragnarok (2017) 
D)  Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 
E)  Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation (2015)

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of point-of-view editing?

Accepted Answer

A)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of another character also looking offscreen 
B)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of the exterior of the location where that character is positioned 
C)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of that character from another angle 
D)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot, from his or her point of view, of what he or she is looking at 
E)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of that character walking toward something 
A)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of another character also looking offscreen 
B)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of the exterior of the location where that character is positioned 
C)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of that character from another angle 
D)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot, from his or her point of view, of what he or she is looking at 
E)  a shot of a character looking offscreen and then a shot of that character walking toward something

Question 14

Why would an editor choose an iris-out over another type of transition?

Accepted Answer

A)  The iris-out draws the audience's attention to a particular place on the screen. 
B)  The iris-out looks more sophisticated. 
C)  The iris-out is cheaper to implement. 
D)  The iris-out is more expressive. 
E)  The iris-out is the only way to signify the ending of a scene. 
A)  The iris-out draws the audience's attention to a particular place on the screen. 
B)  The iris-out looks more sophisticated. 
C)  The iris-out is cheaper to implement. 
D)  The iris-out is more expressive. 
E)  The iris-out is the only way to signify the ending of a scene.

Question 15

The climactic scene of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) in which juxtaposed shots of Willard slashing Kurtz with shots of the tribespeople slaughtering a passive water buffalo is an example of what two forms of editing?

Accepted Answer

A)  associative and elliptical 
B)  continuity and elliptical 
C)  associative and continuity 
D)  parallel and continuity 
E)  parallel and associative 
A)  associative and elliptical 
B)  continuity and elliptical 
C)  associative and continuity 
D)  parallel and continuity 
E)  parallel and associative

Question 16

What is a jump cut?

Accepted Answer

A)  a cut between two similar shapes 
B)  a cut joining two actions into one flowing movement 
C)  a cut matching the eyelines of two different characters 
D)  a cut paralleling simultaneous occurrences taking place in two different locations 
E)  a cut creating a disorienting ellipsis between two shots caused by the absence of a portion of film that would have provided continuity 
A)  a cut between two similar shapes 
B)  a cut joining two actions into one flowing movement 
C)  a cut matching the eyelines of two different characters 
D)  a cut paralleling simultaneous occurrences taking place in two different locations 
E)  a cut creating a disorienting ellipsis between two shots caused by the absence of a portion of film that would have provided continuity

Question 17

Which film was one of the first movies to intentionally and repeatedly violate conventional continuity with jump cuts that call attention to the film's construction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rear Window (1954) 
B)  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 
C)  Casablanca (1942) 
D)  Breathless (1960) 
E)  The Tin Drum (1979) 
A)  Rear Window (1954) 
B)  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 
C)  Casablanca (1942) 
D)  Breathless (1960) 
E)  The Tin Drum (1979)

Question 18

Describe how the climatic sequence of Francis Ford Coppola's epic Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now uses both parallel and associative editing.

Accepted Answer

Coppola uses parallel editing to incorpo

Question 19

Documentary films often have ________ shooting ratios than commercial narrative films since their stories are largely discovered during postproduction.

Accepted Answer

A)  lower 
B)  higher 
C)  the same 
D)  smoother 
E)  rawer 
A)  lower 
B)  higher 
C)  the same 
D)  smoother 
E)  rawer

Question 20

Using a hypothetical example, demonstrate how the jump cut can be used for expressive purposes.

Accepted Answer

Possible example: A jump cut makes a cle

What is a match-on-action cut?

What is the best way to analyze an editor's contributions to a film?

The effect of an ellipsis is determined by

How does the 180-degree system influence screen direction?

Why is there no need for filmmakers to film in a real space whose dimensions correspond to the ones implied by editing?

Which of the following constitutes an eyeline match cut?

What is a dissolve?

What grammatical tool can be compared to the function of a freeze-frame?

After the action is photographed multiple times with a variety of different shot types and angles, the editor constructs the scene using the particular viewpoint that is best suited for each dramatic moment, which is a practice known as

Which of the following is a graphic match cut?

Summarize the three factors upon which the 180-degree system depends and which work together to achieve the goals of continuity editing.

Which action extravaganza had the astronomical shooting ratio of 240:1 for its 120-minute running time?

Which of the following is an example of point-of-view editing?

Why would an editor choose an iris-out over another type of transition?

The climactic scene of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) in which juxtaposed shots of Willard slashing Kurtz with shots of the tribespeople slaughtering a passive water buffalo is an example of what two forms of editing?

What is a jump cut?

Which film was one of the first movies to intentionally and repeatedly violate conventional continuity with jump cuts that call attention to the film's construction?

Describe how the climatic sequence of Francis Ford Coppola's epic Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now uses both parallel and associative editing.

Documentary films often have ________ shooting ratios than commercial narrative films since their stories are largely discovered during postproduction.

Using a hypothetical example, demonstrate how the jump cut can be used for expressive purposes.

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Exam 8: Editing

What is a match-on-action cut?

What is the best way to analyze an editor's contributions to a film?

The effect of an ellipsis is determined by

How does the 180-degree system influence screen direction?

Why is there no need for filmmakers to film in a real space whose dimensions correspond to the ones implied by editing?

Which of the following constitutes an eyeline match cut?

What is a dissolve?

What grammatical tool can be compared to the function of a freeze-frame?

After the action is photographed multiple times with a variety of different shot types and angles, the editor constructs the scene using the particular viewpoint that is best suited for each dramatic moment, which is a practice known as

Which of the following is a graphic match cut?

Summarize the three factors upon which the 180-degree system depends and which work together to achieve the goals of continuity editing.

Which action extravaganza had the astronomical shooting ratio of 240:1 for its 120-minute running time?

Which of the following is an example of point-of-view editing?

Why would an editor choose an iris-out over another type of transition?

The climactic scene of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) in which juxtaposed shots of Willard slashing Kurtz with shots of the tribespeople slaughtering a passive water buffalo is an example of what two forms of editing?

What is a jump cut?

Which film was one of the first movies to intentionally and repeatedly violate conventional continuity with jump cuts that call attention to the film's construction?

Describe how the climatic sequence of Francis Ford Coppola's epic Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now uses both parallel and associative editing.

Documentary films often have ________ shooting ratios than commercial narrative films since their stories are largely discovered during postproduction.

Using a hypothetical example, demonstrate how the jump cut can be used for expressive purposes.

Looking at Movies

Principles of Film Form

Types of Movies

Elements of Narrative

Mise-En-Scène

Cinematography

Acting

Sound

Film History

How the Movies Are Made

Filters