THE FILM: Chapter 4 - Editing


1. A ________ shot is a continuous shot intercut with other shots to form a completed scene.
 a. long
 b. master
 c. cutaway
 d. final
The answer is b.
2. Which of the following is something a cutaway shot does?
 a. end the scene
 b. condense time
 c. extend time through overlapping
 d. none of the above
The answer is b.
3. What is the material foundation for film editing?
 a. the sequence
 b. the juxtaposition
 c. the cut
 d. the shot
The answer is c.
4. What early 1900s style of editing, used famously by Eisenstein, promoted meaningful juxtapositions over standard continuity?
 a. Russian montage
 b. collage editing
 c. Soviet montage
 d. relativity montage
The answer is c.
5. A ______ is an uninterrupted strip of exposed film made up of at least one _______.
 a. frame; shot
 b. shot; frame
 c. scene; frame
 d. shot; sequence
The answer is b.
6. Which type of transition changes from dark to light?
 a. wipe
 b. fade in
 c. jump cut
 d. lap dissolve
The answer is b.
7. Which of the following is an editing transition that gradually opens from a small, usually circular, portion of the frame to reveal the entire image?
 a. jump cut
 b. iris-out
 c. iris-in
 d. wipe
The answer is c.
8. What does an eye-line match do?
 a. focuses on the actor's eyes
 b. places all the actors' eyes at the same level
 c. shows a shot from the actor's point of view, followed by a medium shot
 d. shows a shot of the actor pointing or looking offscreen, followed by a shot of what was being looked at
The answer is d.
9. Jump cuts and lap dissolves are often used in _______.
 a. juxtaposition
 b. morphing
 c. superimposition
 d. none of the above
The answer is c.
10. What is editing that shifts back and forth between two or more lines of action called?
 a. action and reaction
 b. parallel
 c. plotline
 d. flipping
The answer is b.
11. A _________ usually consists of many brief shots connected thematically.
 a. title card
 b. montage
 c. fast cut
 d. slow cut

The answer is b.
12. What term best describes a cut that maintains continuity between two shots by showing similarities of shape or movement in their subjects?
 a. a jump cut
 b. a comparison cut
 c. a similarity cut
 d. a match cut
The answer is d.
13. A transition where a shot seems to be pushed off the screen as it replaced by another shot is called:
 a. a wipe
 b. a pan
 c. a slide
 d. a jump cut
The answer is a.
14. Which best describes a section of narrative film that consists of continuous action taking place in a continuous time and in continuous space?
 a. a sequence
 b. a scene
 c. a shot
 d. a frame

The answer is b.
15. What is the best term for a transition between shots that causes a jarring or shocking shift in space or time?
 a. a jump cut
 b. a rough cut
 c. a mismatch cut
 d. a swish cut
The answer is a.
16. A lap dissolve usually suggests what?
 a. a change in setting
 b. the passage of time
 c. both a and b
 d. neither a or b
The answer is c.
17. What term best describes editing where shots follow one another unobtrusively and viewers always know the relationships between the subjects, objects, and setting within the film?
 a. Hollywood editing
 b. nonmontage editing
 c. standard editing
 d. continuity editing
The answer is d.
18. Montage is French for ________.
 a. photography
 b. editing
 c. collage
 d. clipping
The answer is b.
19. Which of the following devices does NOT aid in establishing spatial continuity?
 a. establishing shot
 b. insert
 c. jump cut
 d. 180-degree rule
The answer is c.
20. Chronophotography was produced by:
 a. Thomas Edison
 b. Sergei Eisenstein
 c. D. W. Griffith
 d. Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey
The answer is d.

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