CTVA 300-50 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
How are depth cues utilized in "Citizen Kane"? - Answers - By placing characters in the
foreground and background
How is surface division used in films? - Answers - To force the viewer to watch a certain
part of the frame
To create a tension or distance between characters
To show similarities and differences between objects
If an object overlaps another object it flattens out the other object. - Answers - False
What is a picture plane? - Answers - Anything surrounded by frame lines
To achieve flat space the actors should be placed on two separate planes. - Answers -
False
An example of one point perspective occurs when: - Answers - Parallel lines of a single
plane meet at a vanishing point
Textural diffusion is as visible on television as it is in a movie theater. - Answers - False
How is limited space used in "Manhattan"? - Answers - Characters are often in small
apartments
What will draw the viewers attention to a certain area of a scene? - Answers - a
vanishing point
What is an example of a visual progression in "Ordinary People"? - Answers - When the
family photo is taken
What camera movement creates a greater sense of depth? - Answers - A dolly in or out
99.9% of films use open space. - Answers - False
What is the difference between deep and limited space? - Answers - Limited space
does not use longitudinal planes
Why is Flat Space utilized in "Ordinary People"? - Answers - To emphasize the visual
tension between characters
, What scene best exemplifies ambiguous space in "Manhattan"? - Answers - The scene
in the planetarium
If a film is all affinity, than it is... - Answers - Less visually dynamic or intense
What is an example of Textural diffusion? - Answers - a stadium shot
Most films are closed space, what is an example of open space? - Answers - Films with
perpendicular movement
What is Aspect Ratio? - Answers - The height and width of the image
What are the four main building blocks in a film? - Answers - script, music, sound and
visuals
What is an example of deep space used in "Citizen Kane"? - Answers - Kane walking by
the mirror after trashing Susan's room
What is an example of surface division or a vertical linear motif in "Ordinary People"? -
Answers - Conrad and his mother posing for picture
What object will appear further away in a scene? - Answers - The object on the same
plane, yet higher than the other
How is a shot kept flat by the use of tonal contrast? - Answers - x - There is an contrast
of tone
x - There is an overlap of tones
There is an affinity of tone
What is perspective? - Answers - A 3D world represented on a 2D surface
What are the imaginary lines around the boundary of any two dimensional object? -
Answers - The edge of the line
In the scene in Rebel where Jim comes in after the chicken run and lays on the couch,
the camera tilts upside down revealing his POV - tension is created through the use of -
Answers - diagonals
What shape has no direction or natural dynamic? - Answers - the circle
Maximum affinity of direction within the shot occurs: - Answers - when two objects in the
same shot move in the same direction
The opening courtroom scene in Notorious implies a certain linear motif with emotional
connotations, what is implied in that scene? - Answers - a sense of order
VERIFIED ANSWERS
How are depth cues utilized in "Citizen Kane"? - Answers - By placing characters in the
foreground and background
How is surface division used in films? - Answers - To force the viewer to watch a certain
part of the frame
To create a tension or distance between characters
To show similarities and differences between objects
If an object overlaps another object it flattens out the other object. - Answers - False
What is a picture plane? - Answers - Anything surrounded by frame lines
To achieve flat space the actors should be placed on two separate planes. - Answers -
False
An example of one point perspective occurs when: - Answers - Parallel lines of a single
plane meet at a vanishing point
Textural diffusion is as visible on television as it is in a movie theater. - Answers - False
How is limited space used in "Manhattan"? - Answers - Characters are often in small
apartments
What will draw the viewers attention to a certain area of a scene? - Answers - a
vanishing point
What is an example of a visual progression in "Ordinary People"? - Answers - When the
family photo is taken
What camera movement creates a greater sense of depth? - Answers - A dolly in or out
99.9% of films use open space. - Answers - False
What is the difference between deep and limited space? - Answers - Limited space
does not use longitudinal planes
Why is Flat Space utilized in "Ordinary People"? - Answers - To emphasize the visual
tension between characters
, What scene best exemplifies ambiguous space in "Manhattan"? - Answers - The scene
in the planetarium
If a film is all affinity, than it is... - Answers - Less visually dynamic or intense
What is an example of Textural diffusion? - Answers - a stadium shot
Most films are closed space, what is an example of open space? - Answers - Films with
perpendicular movement
What is Aspect Ratio? - Answers - The height and width of the image
What are the four main building blocks in a film? - Answers - script, music, sound and
visuals
What is an example of deep space used in "Citizen Kane"? - Answers - Kane walking by
the mirror after trashing Susan's room
What is an example of surface division or a vertical linear motif in "Ordinary People"? -
Answers - Conrad and his mother posing for picture
What object will appear further away in a scene? - Answers - The object on the same
plane, yet higher than the other
How is a shot kept flat by the use of tonal contrast? - Answers - x - There is an contrast
of tone
x - There is an overlap of tones
There is an affinity of tone
What is perspective? - Answers - A 3D world represented on a 2D surface
What are the imaginary lines around the boundary of any two dimensional object? -
Answers - The edge of the line
In the scene in Rebel where Jim comes in after the chicken run and lays on the couch,
the camera tilts upside down revealing his POV - tension is created through the use of -
Answers - diagonals
What shape has no direction or natural dynamic? - Answers - the circle
Maximum affinity of direction within the shot occurs: - Answers - when two objects in the
same shot move in the same direction
The opening courtroom scene in Notorious implies a certain linear motif with emotional
connotations, what is implied in that scene? - Answers - a sense of order
