Genre & Editing

Question 1

The average length in seconds of a series of shots, covering a position of a film or an entire film

Answer 1

Average Shot Length

Question 2

The use of editing techniques, such as a fade or dissolve, to indicate the end of a scene and a beginning of another

Answer 2

Shot Transition

Question 3

A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view

Answer 3

Dissolve

Question 4

A scene transition in which the first frame of the incoming scene appears to push the last frame of the previous scene off the screen horizontally

Answer 4

Wipe

Question 5

A form of a shot transition, generally, concluding a scene, where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black

Answer 5

Iris In

Question 6

A technique of cutting back and forth between action occurring in two different locations, which often creates the illusion that they are happening simultaneously

Answer 6

Parallel Editing

Question 7

A shot in sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it

Answer 7

Reverse Shot

Question 8

A continuity editing technique that preserves a spatial continuity by using a character’s line of vision as motivation for a cut

Answer 8

Eyeline Match

Question 9

Also called “ invisible editing “ , A system devised to minimize the audience awareness of shot transitions, especially cuts, in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewers immersion in it

Answer 9

Continuity Editing

Question 10

A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting

Answer 10

Re-establishing Shot

Question 11

A continuity editing rule for positioning the camera in order to maintain consistent screen direction

Answer 11

180 Degree

Question 12

An abrupt, inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition

Answer 12

Jump Cut

Question 13

The convention that the camera should move at least a 30 Degree anytime there is a cut within a scene

Answer 13

30 Degree Rule

Question 14

A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next

Answer 14

Continuity Editor

Question 15

A rule in continuity editing, which dictates that if a cut occurs while a character is in the midst of an action , the subsequent shot must begin so that audiences see the completion of that action

Answer 15

Match on Action

Question 16

A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres

Answer 16

Hybrid

Question 17

A film, television drama, or novel about cowboys in the Western U.S

Answer 17

A Western

Question 18

A style or genre of cinematography film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace

Answer 18

Film Noir

Question 19

Is a genre in which the protagonist end up in a series of challenges

Answer 19

Action Film

Question 20

Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space/ time travel & life on other planets

Answer 20

Science Fiction

Question 21

A play or movie in which singing and dancing play an essential part

Answer 21

The Musical

Question 22

Ten Hollywood writers and directors cited for contempt of congress for refusing to cooperate with the House committee on un American activities attempts to root out communist in the film Industry

Answer 22

Hollywood Ten

Question 23

Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with communist interests

Answer 23

Hollywood Blacklist

Question 24

Independent films such as these, made by and for black audiences

Answer 24

Race Films

Question 25

An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold, rebellious African American characters

Answer 25

Blaxploitation