FIL 2552 Final Review Questions and Answers
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According to the film, Edwin S. Porter discovered that cutting separate shots together could create a
story - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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 _______ - ✔✔1. Mater
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2. Insert
3. Analytical editing
An abrupt and purposefully jarring cut from image to another with no transition, typically used to startle
the audience - ✔✔Smash cut
The interruption of a continuous sequence by cutting into a view of something else, then typically cutting
back to the original sequence - ✔✔Flash cut
The gradual fading transition from one image to another - ✔✔Dissolve
A dissolve transition to or from a black image - ✔✔Fade in/Out
Intentional use of shots of the same subject in disconituous motion - ✔✔Jump cut
Which of these claims from D.W. Griffith are NOT accurate - ✔✔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 - ✔✔1. Agitprop
2. Based on communication to masses
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