01
Choose one
1 point
A film opens a scene with a wide view that introduces the room and shows where the major characters are positioned. Which continuity-editing technique is being used?
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20 questions
02
True or false
1 point
True or false: Crossing the 180-degree axis is always an editing error because the rule can never be deliberately broken.
- A
True
- B
False
03
Written response
1 point
What is the name of the effect in which the same neutral facial expression seems to communicate different emotions when it is juxtaposed with different images?
04
Fill in the blank
1 point
Cutting from a person beginning to open a door in one shot to completing the movement in another is an example of the editing technique .
05
Choose one
1 point
A film gradually overlaps an image of a present-day room with an image from the character's past. Which transition most directly produces this effect?
- A
Straight cut
- B
Wipe
- C
Dissolve
- D
Fade-out
06
Choose all
1 point
Which functions can cross-cutting or parallel editing serve? Select all that apply.
- A
It can alternate between actions occurring in different places.
- B
It can create suspense by encouraging the expectation that separate actions will meet.
- C
It always keeps the viewer within one uninterrupted location.
- D
It can compare separate situations that share a theme.
- E
It eliminates the need for the viewer to infer relationships between actions.
07
True or false
1 point
True or false: Rapid editing automatically creates excitement, regardless of the images, sounds, and context.
- A
True
- B
False
08
Fill in the blank
1 point
When editing removes uneventful or predictable time between two story events, the time operation is called an .
09
Written response
1 point
What editing term describes a noticeable break within a continuous action or setting caused by placing similar framings close together while time or position changes?
10
Choose all
1 point
Which factors can shape editing rhythm? Select all that apply.
- A
Shot duration
- B
Movement within each shot
- C
The camera's brand
- D
Sound
- E
Repetition
11
Choose one
1 point
An editor cuts away from an unseen accident to the face of a character who witnesses it. Which editing device is being used to guide the audience's interpretation?
- A
A shot that establishes a location
- B
A shot that repeats the same event from multiple perspectives
- C
A shot that connects images through similar shapes
- D
A shot that shows a character responding to something
12
Open ended
1 point
A scene alternates between a person trying to escape a building and another person approaching it. Explain which editing pattern is being used and how it can create suspense even if the film does not establish that both actions occur at exactly the same moment.
13
Choose one
1 point
A character's dialogue continues over the first image of the next scene, linking the two locations through sound. Which transition is this?
- A
A graphic match
- B
A sound bridge
- C
A whip-pan transition
- D
A master shot
14
Choose one
1 point
A film moves from a character’s present-day face into an image of a childhood memory by gradually overlapping the two images. Which transition is being used?
- A
A straight cut
- B
A dissolve
- C
A wipe
- D
A fade-out
15
Choose one
1 point
A character starts opening a door in a medium shot, and the next shot shows the hand completing the movement from a closer angle. Which continuity technique best describes this edit?
- A
Graphic match
- B
Reaction shot
- C
Match-on-action
- D
Jump cut
16
Choose one
1 point
A film alternates between a person trying to escape from a building and another person approaching that building. Which editing pattern most directly creates suspense by linking the two lines of action?
- A
Cross-cutting
- B
Coverage
- C
Reestablishing shot
- D
Graphic match
17
Choose one
1 point
Two characters are facing each other in a dialogue scene. The director wants their screen positions and eyelines to remain consistent from shot to shot. Which principle should guide the camera placement?
- A
The continuity rule
- B
The invisible editing rule
- C
The match-on-action rule
- D
The 180-degree rule
18
True or false
1 point
True or false: Editing rhythm is determined only by the length of each shot.
- A
True
- B
False
19
Written response
1 point
What editing term describes removing uneventful or predictable time, such as cutting from a character leaving work directly to arriving home?
20
Written response
1 point
What editing term describes sound from one scene beginning before the image changes or continuing after the next image appears?