CTVA 300 QUIZ QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is ab example of deep space used in "Citizen Kane?" - Answers - Kane walking by
the mirror after trashing Susan's room
What camera movement creates a greater sense of depth - Answers - a dolly in or out
What is an example of a visual progression in "Ordinary People?" - Answers - when
Conrad visits the psychiatrist
What are the four main building blocks in a film? - Answers - script, music, sound &
visuals
What is an example of textural diffusion? - Answers - a stadium shot
What is aspect ratio? - Answers - the height & width of the image
An example of one point perspective occurs when: - Answers - parallel lines of a single
plane meet at a vanishing point
What will draw the viewers attention to a certain area of a scene? - Answers - a
vanishing point
What object will appear further away in a scene? - Answers - the object on the same
plane, yet higher than the other
How are depth cues utilized in "Citizen Kane?" - Answers - by placing characters in the
foreground & background
What scene best exemplifies ambiguous space in "Manhattan?" - Answers - the scene
in the planetarium
Why is flat space utilized in "Ordinary People?" - Answers - to emphasize the visual
tension between characters
Most films are closed space, what is an example of open space? - Answers - films with
perpendicular movement
What is the difference between deep & limited space? - Answers - limited space does
not use longitudinal planes
, What is an example of surface division or a vertical linear motif in "Ordinary People?" -
Answers - Conrad & his mother posing for picture
If a film is all affinity, than it is... - Answers - less visually dynamic or intense
T or F: to achieve flat space the actors should be placed on two separate planes -
Answers - false
How is surface division used in films? - Answers - to show similarities & differences
between objects
to create a tension or distance between characters
to force the viewer to watch a certain part of the frame
T or F: 99.9% of films use open space - Answers - false
How is a shot kept flat by the use of tonal contrast? - Answers - there is an affinity of
tone
T or F: 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
T or F: if an object overlaps another object it flattens out the other object - Answers -
false
What is imitation through distance? - Answers - it occurs when images are reduced to
lines
In "Rebel," when Jim's parents don't want him to go to the police, primary points are
used to create a very specific shape is: - Answers - a triangle
What does tone refer to? - Answers - the brightness range of objects in the shot
The audience will usually look at the _____ area of the frame first - Answers - brightest
T or F: notorious opens & closes with a strong horizontal motif - Answers - false
What does the direction of line refer to? - Answers - the angle of the line created by the
track of a moving object
Television Sitcoms, talk shows & news programs use tonal range using: - Answers -
reflective control
"Rebel Without a Cause" opens with: - Answers - a horizontal
ANSWERS
What is ab example of deep space used in "Citizen Kane?" - Answers - Kane walking by
the mirror after trashing Susan's room
What camera movement creates a greater sense of depth - Answers - a dolly in or out
What is an example of a visual progression in "Ordinary People?" - Answers - when
Conrad visits the psychiatrist
What are the four main building blocks in a film? - Answers - script, music, sound &
visuals
What is an example of textural diffusion? - Answers - a stadium shot
What is aspect ratio? - Answers - the height & width of the image
An example of one point perspective occurs when: - Answers - parallel lines of a single
plane meet at a vanishing point
What will draw the viewers attention to a certain area of a scene? - Answers - a
vanishing point
What object will appear further away in a scene? - Answers - the object on the same
plane, yet higher than the other
How are depth cues utilized in "Citizen Kane?" - Answers - by placing characters in the
foreground & background
What scene best exemplifies ambiguous space in "Manhattan?" - Answers - the scene
in the planetarium
Why is flat space utilized in "Ordinary People?" - Answers - to emphasize the visual
tension between characters
Most films are closed space, what is an example of open space? - Answers - films with
perpendicular movement
What is the difference between deep & limited space? - Answers - limited space does
not use longitudinal planes
, What is an example of surface division or a vertical linear motif in "Ordinary People?" -
Answers - Conrad & his mother posing for picture
If a film is all affinity, than it is... - Answers - less visually dynamic or intense
T or F: to achieve flat space the actors should be placed on two separate planes -
Answers - false
How is surface division used in films? - Answers - to show similarities & differences
between objects
to create a tension or distance between characters
to force the viewer to watch a certain part of the frame
T or F: 99.9% of films use open space - Answers - false
How is a shot kept flat by the use of tonal contrast? - Answers - there is an affinity of
tone
T or F: 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
T or F: if an object overlaps another object it flattens out the other object - Answers -
false
What is imitation through distance? - Answers - it occurs when images are reduced to
lines
In "Rebel," when Jim's parents don't want him to go to the police, primary points are
used to create a very specific shape is: - Answers - a triangle
What does tone refer to? - Answers - the brightness range of objects in the shot
The audience will usually look at the _____ area of the frame first - Answers - brightest
T or F: notorious opens & closes with a strong horizontal motif - Answers - false
What does the direction of line refer to? - Answers - the angle of the line created by the
track of a moving object
Television Sitcoms, talk shows & news programs use tonal range using: - Answers -
reflective control
"Rebel Without a Cause" opens with: - Answers - a horizontal
