Exam 7: Editing

One reason why filmmakers rely on editing is because it's easier to work with actors who might forget important lines of dialogue or blocking.

A ________ interrupts events taking place in the present with images of events that have taken place in the past.

________ is a style of editing built around the theory that editing should exploit the differences between shots to produce meaning.

In order to evoke the meandering lifestyle of the main characters in Stranger than Paradise,Jim Jarmusch uses only ________ to transition between scenes.

Which of the following is an effect of breaking the 180-degree rule?

Increasingly short average shot lengths change the way viewers experience film because ________.

Notorious establishes a parallel between the American agent Devlin and Alex,the Nazi activist he's supposed to capture.

The standard shot pattern that directors use to film conversations between two characters is ________.

A ________ shot is a shot that covers the entire scene.The final cut of the scene will combine portions of this shot with reaction shots,cutaways,and B-roll footage.

Akira Kurosawa's use of wipes influenced what important science fiction film?

The Godfather uses montage editing to show that the Mafia justifies its dishonorable activities,such as murder,by linking them to honorable values,such as the importance of family and values.

An unintentional discrepancy from shot to shot in costuming,character posture,or prop placement is called a ________.

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of editing?

A scene edited in the Hollywood tradition begins with a(n)________.

In Battleship Potemkin,editing emphasizes the brutality of the Tsar's troops by juxtaposing extreme close-ups of the soldiers' grimacing faces with long shots of their anonymous victims.

The conventional motion picture camera magazine holds less than ________ worth of film stock at a time.

In 1-2 sentences,explain the difference between a dissolve and a fade.

An abrupt shift in the time and space of an action that is not signaled by an appropriate shot transition is a ________.

Narrative sequencing allows filmmakers to shape the audience's perception of time by ________.

Briefly explain how the editing in the scene at Dry Fork from Stagecoach emphasizes group dynamics.