FIL 2552 Editing I Final Exam Questions and Answers

FIL 2552 Editing I Final Exam Questions and Answers According to the film, Edwin S. Porter discovered that cutting separate shots together could create a story. - Answer-True According to the film, Edwin S. Porter was the first to use intercutting in his film Life of the American Fireman. - Answer-True According to the film, D.W. Griffith established the tenants of classical film editing. - Answer-True According to the film, Russian filmmakers in the 20's edited in a different way than America, one that manipulated what the audiences felt. - Answer-True According to the film, Jean-Luc Godard invented jump-cutting in 1960 with Breathless. - Answer-True 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 true regarding why this is? - Answer-The viewer has to create a corner for the subjects to round between Shots 1 and 2. The viewer has to assume a jump in time in Shots 2 and 3 Complete the statement with the most accurate terms: 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-Master Insert Analytical Editing An abrupt and purposefully jarring cut from one image to another with no transition, typically used to startle the audience. - Answer-Smash Cut The interruption of a continuous sequence by cutting in 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 discontinuous motion. - Answer-Jump Cut Which of these claims from D.W. Griffith is not accurate: - Answer-Producer of all great Biograph successes Founded the modern technique of the art Introduced include the large or close-up figures Introduced the switchback (cross-cutting) Introduced sustained suspense Introduced the fade out Check all that apply to Montage Theory: - Answer-Agitprop Based on communication to masses One Shot + One Shot = New Idea Developed in Russia A mental phenomenon caused by the juxtaposition of two shots: - Answer-The Kuleshov Effect What are Sergei Eisenstein's Five Methods of Montage? - Answer-Metric Tonal Rhythmic Intellectual Overtonal