FIL 2552 Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers

FIL 2552 Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers According to the film, Edwin S. Porter discovered that cutting separate shots together could create a story - Answer-According to the film, this is TRUE. According to history, this is FALSE. According to the film, Edwin S. Porter was the first to use intercutting in his film Life of the American Fireman - Answer-According to the film, this is TRUE. According to history, this is FALSE. According to the film, D.W. Griffith established the tenants of classical film editing - Answer-According to the film, this is TRUE. According to history, this is FALSE. According to the film, Russian filmmakers in the 20s edited in a different way than America, one that manipulated what the audiences felt - Answer-According to the film, this is TRUE. According to history, this is FALSE. According to the film, Jean-Luc Godard invented jump-cutting in 1960 with Breathless - Answer-According to the film, this is TRUE. According to history, this is FALSE. Which of these techniques is George Melies NOT said to have introduced into cinema - Answer-Cut ins In Stop Thief, the original screen direction creates a problem in the geography of the space. What two statements are tru regarding why this is? - Answer-1. The viewer has to create a corner for the subjects to round between shots 1 and 2. 2. The viewer has to assume a jump in time between shots 2 and 3. If a scene starts wide in the _______ and then goes closer to a(n) _______ this breakdown of scene space would be an example of _______ - Answer-1. Mater 2. Insert 3. Analytical editing An abrupt and purposefully jarring cut from image to another with no transition, typically used to startle the audience - Answer-Smash cut The interruption of a continuous sequence by cutting into a view of something else, then typically cutting back to the original sequence - Answer-Flash cut The gradual fading transition from one image to another - Answer-Dissolve A dissolve transition to or from a black image - Answer-Fade in/Out Intentional use of shots of the same subject in disconituous motion - Answer-Jump cut Which of these claims from D.W. Griffith are NOT accurate - Answer-1. Producer of all great Biograph successes 2. Founded the modern technique of the art 3. Introduced include the large or close-up figures 4. Introduced the switchback (cross-cutting) 5. Introduced sustained suspense 6. Introduced the fade out ALL THESE CLAIMS ARE FALSE Check all that apply to Montage Theory - Answer-1. Agitprop 2. Based on communication to masses 3. One Shot + One Shot = New Media 4. Developed in Russia A mental phenomenom caused by the juxtaposition of two shots - Answer-The Kuleshov Effect What are Sergei Eisenstein's Five Methods of Montage? - Answer-1. Metric 2. Tonal 3. Rhythmic 4. Intellectual 5. Overtonal This Method of Montage is based on a conflict between the length of a shot and movement within the frame - Answer-Rhythmic This Method of Montage is based on the length of each shot being the same - AnswerMetric