INTRO TO FILM FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2025
Establishing Shot CORRECT ANSWERS A shot that provides an overview of the
scene, often locating the action in a larger context.
Master Shot CORRECT ANSWERS A shot that positions the camera at sufficient
distance from the actors to cover all their movements and gestures.
Coverage CORRECT ANSWERS A practice of shooting designed to give the editor
options in case more specific shots do not work out.
Close-Up CORRECT ANSWERS A shot that fills the screen with an object or figure of
significance, typically the face, but the shot is also used for important objects such as
key, knife or letter.
Two Shot CORRECT ANSWERS A shot with two people present in the same frame.
Long Take CORRECT ANSWERS Shot that is noticeably more extended than usual:
the viewer gains the most obvious plot information from the shot, but the shot lingers, or
things continue to happen without a cut occurring.
Continuity (editing) CORRECT ANSWERS Editing follows a casual logic. Seek to
maintain spatial coherence from one shot to the next.
Psychological Realism CORRECT ANSWERS A form of realism that stresses the
plausible, lifelike traits, mannerisms, feelings, and behavior of characters. THis form
tends to draw the viewer into patterns of identification with characters.
Match Action CORRECT ANSWERS One of the most common forms of match editing,
in which movement is the element carried over from one shot to the next.
Graphic Match CORRECT ANSWERS Form of match editing that tries to guide the
viewer through the transition from one shot to the next by making the two images similar
in appearance.
Inserts CORRECT ANSWERS See Cut-Aways: Separate shots that are inserted into
scenes, normally shots of objects that can be made at an entirely different time or place,
and then inserted or cut into the scene at the appropriate point.
, Parallel Editing/Crosscutting CORRECT ANSWERS An editing pattern in which the film
cuts back and forth between two different actions: one person fleeing and another in
pursuit, for example.
Shot/Reverse Shot CORRECT ANSWERS An editing pattern in which one of the
characters talks to the other person, who is off-screen. The next shot reverses the view
and shows the other person talking to the first person, who is now off-screen.
Diegetic (sound) CORRECT ANSWERS Sound that appears to originate in the story
world or diegesis such as sound from a radio playing in the scene.
Extra-Diegetic (sound) CORRECT ANSWERS Sound that comments on the story world
and belongs to the narration(the process of storytelling) rather than the narrative(the
story that is told).
Wide-Angle Lens CORRECT ANSWERS A lens with a short focal length that captures a
wide field of vision.
Rack Focus CORRECT ANSWERS Practice of shifting from one plane of focus to
another rapidly during a shot.
Tracking Shot CORRECT ANSWERS A shot in which the camera is moved from place
to place while filming continuously.
Pan CORRECT ANSWERS A horizontal movement of the camera.
Tilt CORRECT ANSWERS Vertical Movement of the camera
Sign CORRECT ANSWERS The smallest meaningful unit of communication. The sign
is made up of the signifier and the signified.
Types of Shots CORRECT ANSWERS Extreme Close-Up
Low Angle
High Angle
2 shot
Reverse Shot
Forms of Emphasis CORRECT ANSWERS Expressive
Poetic
Meta-communicative
Persuasive
Referential
Phatic
Signified CORRECT ANSWERS The meaning of a given image, or the meaning the
viewer supplies to it.
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 2025
Establishing Shot CORRECT ANSWERS A shot that provides an overview of the
scene, often locating the action in a larger context.
Master Shot CORRECT ANSWERS A shot that positions the camera at sufficient
distance from the actors to cover all their movements and gestures.
Coverage CORRECT ANSWERS A practice of shooting designed to give the editor
options in case more specific shots do not work out.
Close-Up CORRECT ANSWERS A shot that fills the screen with an object or figure of
significance, typically the face, but the shot is also used for important objects such as
key, knife or letter.
Two Shot CORRECT ANSWERS A shot with two people present in the same frame.
Long Take CORRECT ANSWERS Shot that is noticeably more extended than usual:
the viewer gains the most obvious plot information from the shot, but the shot lingers, or
things continue to happen without a cut occurring.
Continuity (editing) CORRECT ANSWERS Editing follows a casual logic. Seek to
maintain spatial coherence from one shot to the next.
Psychological Realism CORRECT ANSWERS A form of realism that stresses the
plausible, lifelike traits, mannerisms, feelings, and behavior of characters. THis form
tends to draw the viewer into patterns of identification with characters.
Match Action CORRECT ANSWERS One of the most common forms of match editing,
in which movement is the element carried over from one shot to the next.
Graphic Match CORRECT ANSWERS Form of match editing that tries to guide the
viewer through the transition from one shot to the next by making the two images similar
in appearance.
Inserts CORRECT ANSWERS See Cut-Aways: Separate shots that are inserted into
scenes, normally shots of objects that can be made at an entirely different time or place,
and then inserted or cut into the scene at the appropriate point.
, Parallel Editing/Crosscutting CORRECT ANSWERS An editing pattern in which the film
cuts back and forth between two different actions: one person fleeing and another in
pursuit, for example.
Shot/Reverse Shot CORRECT ANSWERS An editing pattern in which one of the
characters talks to the other person, who is off-screen. The next shot reverses the view
and shows the other person talking to the first person, who is now off-screen.
Diegetic (sound) CORRECT ANSWERS Sound that appears to originate in the story
world or diegesis such as sound from a radio playing in the scene.
Extra-Diegetic (sound) CORRECT ANSWERS Sound that comments on the story world
and belongs to the narration(the process of storytelling) rather than the narrative(the
story that is told).
Wide-Angle Lens CORRECT ANSWERS A lens with a short focal length that captures a
wide field of vision.
Rack Focus CORRECT ANSWERS Practice of shifting from one plane of focus to
another rapidly during a shot.
Tracking Shot CORRECT ANSWERS A shot in which the camera is moved from place
to place while filming continuously.
Pan CORRECT ANSWERS A horizontal movement of the camera.
Tilt CORRECT ANSWERS Vertical Movement of the camera
Sign CORRECT ANSWERS The smallest meaningful unit of communication. The sign
is made up of the signifier and the signified.
Types of Shots CORRECT ANSWERS Extreme Close-Up
Low Angle
High Angle
2 shot
Reverse Shot
Forms of Emphasis CORRECT ANSWERS Expressive
Poetic
Meta-communicative
Persuasive
Referential
Phatic
Signified CORRECT ANSWERS The meaning of a given image, or the meaning the
viewer supplies to it.
