FIL 2552 Final Review Questions with 100%
Verified Correct Answers
According to the film, Edwin S. Porter discovered that cutting separate shots together could create a
story - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer
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 - Correct Answer 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 - Correct
Answer 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 - Correct
Answer 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? - Correct Answer 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 _______ - Correct Answer 1. Mater
2. Insert
3. Analytical editing
An abrupt and purposefully jarring cut from image to another with no transition, typically used to
startle the audience - Correct Answer Smash cut
, The interruption of a continuous sequence by cutting into a view of something else, then typically
cutting back to the original sequence - Correct Answer Flash cut
The gradual fading transition from one image to another - Correct Answer Dissolve
A dissolve transition to or from a black image - Correct Answer Fade in/Out
Intentional use of shots of the same subject in disconituous motion - Correct Answer Jump cut
Which of these claims from D.W. Griffith are NOT accurate - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer 1. Agitprop
2. Based on communication to masses
3. One Shot + One Shot = New Media
4. Developed in Russia
A mental phenomenom caused by the juxtaposition of two shots - Correct Answer The Kuleshov
Effect
What are Sergei Eisenstein's Five Methods of Montage? - Correct Answer 1. Metric
2. Tonal
3. Rhythmic
4. Intellectual
5. Overtonal
Verified Correct Answers
According to the film, Edwin S. Porter discovered that cutting separate shots together could create a
story - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer
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 - Correct Answer 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 - Correct
Answer 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 - Correct
Answer 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? - Correct Answer 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 _______ - Correct Answer 1. Mater
2. Insert
3. Analytical editing
An abrupt and purposefully jarring cut from image to another with no transition, typically used to
startle the audience - Correct Answer Smash cut
, The interruption of a continuous sequence by cutting into a view of something else, then typically
cutting back to the original sequence - Correct Answer Flash cut
The gradual fading transition from one image to another - Correct Answer Dissolve
A dissolve transition to or from a black image - Correct Answer Fade in/Out
Intentional use of shots of the same subject in disconituous motion - Correct Answer Jump cut
Which of these claims from D.W. Griffith are NOT accurate - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer 1. Agitprop
2. Based on communication to masses
3. One Shot + One Shot = New Media
4. Developed in Russia
A mental phenomenom caused by the juxtaposition of two shots - Correct Answer The Kuleshov
Effect
What are Sergei Eisenstein's Five Methods of Montage? - Correct Answer 1. Metric
2. Tonal
3. Rhythmic
4. Intellectual
5. Overtonal
