Deck 7: Cinema

Question 1

In filmmaking,a single shot of an entire piece of action,taken to facilitate the assembly of the film in the editing process.

A) viewpoint
B) master shot
C) establishing shot
D) long shot

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In filmmaking when the main object of interest stays clear while the remainder of the scene blurs of focus.

A) rack
B) track
C) zoom
D) crosscutting

Answer 2

A

Question 3

An editing technique in cinema that includes a rapid succession of images or a compression or elongation of time.

A) jump cut
B) form cut
C) montage
D) juxtaposition

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In filmmaking a nonsynchronous spoken commentary often used to convey a character's thoughts.

A) voiceover
B) soundtrack
C) monologue
D) direct address

Question 5

The basic unit of filmmaking that the camera records over time.

A) montage
B) shot
C) frame
D) bridging

Question 6

In film,this person serves the function of converting the mise-en-scene from three-dimensional to two-dimensional space.

A) director
B) actor
C) lighting designer
D) set designer

Question 7

In filmmaking,the camera rotates horizontally while keeping it fixed vertically.

A) tilt
B) track
C) zoom
D) pan

Question 8

A technique of editing that breaks the continuity of time by moving forward from one part of the action to another.

A) jump cut
B) montage
C) synthesize
D) viewpoint

Question 9

According to this theory,whoever controls the mise-en-scene is the true author of the film.

A) absolute
B) aesthetics
C) auteur
D) avant garde

Question 10

In filmmaking,a form of optical transition in which an invisible line moves across the screen,eliminating one shot and revealing the next.

A) wipe
B) lap dissolve
C) fade
D) jump cut

Question 11

In cinema,this camera viewpoint is roughly analogous to the third-person narrative in literature.

A) subjective
B) long shot
C) objective
D) establishing shot

Question 12

In filmmaking,a transition device where a scene fades out into black and the next scene fades in.

A) dissolve
B) jump cut
C) wipe
D) cut

Question 13

A filmmaking method to draw attention in which the actors look or talk into the camera.

A) crosscut
B) direct address
C) jump cut
D) camera look

Question 14

A classification of film that attempts to record actuality using primarily either a sociological or a journalistic approach.

A) avant-garde
B) documentary
C) narrative
D) biography

Question 15

A filmmaking technique that alters between two separate actions related by theme,mood,or plot to create suspense.

A) jump cut
B) juxtaposition
C) crosscutting
D) dolly shot

Question 16

What art form is described as aesthetic communication through the design of time and three-dimensional space compressed into a two-dimensional image?

A) theatre
B) painting
C) cinema
D) literature

Question 17

Fictional film that tells a story.

A) narrative
B) documentary
C) absolute
D) avant garde

Question 18

Sergei M.Eisenstein's film Battleship Potemkin is one of the most influential films ever made due in part because it added this new dimension to film language:

A) camera angle
B) long shots
C) montage editing
D) bridging shot

Question 19

Film that tells no story but exists solely as movement or form and rarely exceeds twelve minutes in length.

A) documentary
B) narrative
C) persistence of vision
D) avant-garde

Question 20

A filmmaking technique in which natural or outdoor lighting is used and the camera is hand-held,while the film appears unsteady.

A) cinema-verite
B) visual variety
C) framing
D) jump cut

Question 21

What is persistence of vision?

Question 22

The quality of a film that enables it to be cut,spliced,and ordered according to the desires of the filmmaker.

A) plasticity
B) depth of perception
C) complexity
D) practicable

Question 23

Explain the use of structural rhythm in filmmaking.Include a specific example.

Question 24

According to Louis Giannetti,this term refers to the voyeuristic aspect of cinema.

A) the gaze
B) viewpoint
C) angle
D) zoom

Question 25

In film,this term refers to how the visual materials are staged,framed,and photographed.

A) juxtaposition
B) objective
C) mise-en-scene
D) subjective

Question 26

Explain the filmmaking technique of crosscutting.

Question 27

How does the filmmaker address tension build up and release in the film Jaws?

Question 28

A transitional device in filmmaking created by closing or opening the aperture of the camera lens.

A) zoom
B) iris in/iris out
C) lap dissolve
D) differential focus

Question 29

The viewpoint in filmmaking in which the scene unfolds as if the audience were actually participating in it.

A) objective
B) subjective
C) long range
D) short range

Question 30

Discuss "the gaze" as it relates to viewpoint in film.