HUM 101 Cinema Questions and Answers | New One | Grade A+

A _______ refers to a single exposure of a camera without a break. Ans: Shot The person who puts the shots in order after the filming is finished is the ___________. Ans: Editor In A History of Narrative Film, David Cook explains that ___________. Ans: There is a complexity of subject matter in films that is rivaled only by literature. Match the following cut choices used by editors with their features. 1. Dissolve 2. Fade 3. Wipe Ans: 1. One scene disappears slowly while the next scene appears as if beneath it. 2. A scene darkens either to reveal a shot or end a shot 3. One shot separated from the other with a line moving across the screen. Identify the basic building blocks of film. Ans: 1. The still frame 2. The individual shot Which of the following are true of Francis Ford Coppola's image choices in The Godfather films? Ans: 1. He makes use of asymmetry to accent movement 2. He chooses frames that eventually make an interesting still photograph. Match the following editor's and director's choices of cuts with their characteristics. 1. Continuity cut 2. Jump cut 3. Cut-in 4. Cross-cutting Ans: 1. Editing the shots to produce a sense of narrative sequence. 2. Moving abruptly from one shot to the next with no preparation and often with a shock. 3. Moving immediately from a wide shot to a very close shot of the same scene. 4. Alternating shots of two or more distinct actions occurring in different places