Question: Which of the following editing techniques helps keep screen direction constant?
Answer Choices:
Matching on action
The 180-degree rule
The Kuleshov effect
The shot/reverse shot pattern
Answer: The 180-degree rule
Question: What is the term used to describe live sound recorded when the camera is not filming and for which perfect synchronization is unnecessary?
Answer Choices:
Dubby
Sensorround
wild sound
scratch track
Answer: wild sound
Question: Which of the following is true of the auteur theory?
Answer Choices:
It posits that the producer is the author of a film.
It posits that the director is the author of a film.
It posits that the cinematographer and editor co-author a film.
It posits that there is no true author of a film.
Answer: It posits that the director is the author of a film.
Question: Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein promoted which ideas about editing?
Answer: The montage theory
Question: Continuity editing is designed to preserve what illusion in the minds of the audience?
Answer Choices:
that the world of the film is continuous in the real world
that a new scene is beginning with every new cut
that everything is taking place in a continuous time and space
that a story’s ending is a continuation of its beginning and middle
Answer: that everything is taking place in a continuous time and space
Question: Which of the following is true of the film movement known as German Expressionism?
Answer Choices:
It was not popular with average moviegoers when used in its most intense form.
It included plots about how films would be made, which were called “the Vows of chastity.”
It was first adapted to film after World War II.
Answer: It was not popular with average moviegoers when used in its most intense form.
Question: Actors frequently identify which of the following as the most desirable quality in a director?
Answer Choices:
that the director controls them
that the director makes them feel safe
that the director defers to their wishes
that the director imposes strict discipline
Answer: that the director makes them feel safe
Question: What is the job of a film’s editor?
Answer Choices:
Putting his or her vision into words.
Choosing and arranging what will actually be in the scene.
Composing various images in the camera.
Choosing shots, their order, and their duration on screen.
Answer: Choosing shots, their order, and their duration on screen.
Question: Which of the following is typically true of soundtrack albums?
Answer Choices:
They reproduce the entire score.
They are only released for musicals.
They are used to promote a film commercially.
They only include material written specifically for the film.
Answer: They are used to promote a film commercially.
Question: In place of dialogue, what did movies in the Silent Era use to show the words a character is speaking?
Answer Choices:
Title cards
A narrator
Subtitles
Musical cues
Answer: Title cards
Additional Answer Corrections
For questions where the correct answers are not explicitly listed, here are the corrected answers based on usual film study knowledge:
Question: When the title character of Iron, Lulu, is shown running away from the camera, first at a short distance away and then in the next shot several yards further away, the editor is using what technique?
Answer Choices:
Jump cut
Cross-cut
Fade out
Dissolve
Answer: Jump cut
Question: Method actors draw upon which primary source for their roles?
Answer Choices:
their director’s imagination
their own experiences
other actors’ performances
their scriptwriter’s vision of the role
Answer: their own experiences
Question: Which critic is best known for opposing the auteur theory?
Answer Choices:
Michael Bay
François Truffaut
Andrew Sarris
Pauline Kael
Answer: Pauline Kael
Question: Which of the following is the primary role of actors in movies?
Answer Choices:
writing the script
directing the film
bringing a written character to life
coordinating the mise-en-scène of the film
Answer: bringing a written character to life