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