Music Study Guide
1. The editors’ assembly of parts must be done with ______________,
____________, _____________________, ______________________.
2. A series of scenes are linked to form a ________________________
3. Opticals are ______________________________________________
4. Inside/out editing begins with the____________________________
5. Slow cutting stimulates the impression of _____________________
6. A “jump cut” describes the elimination of a ____________________
7. The history of special effects begins with _______________________
8. Types of special effects may involve ___________________________
9. A relatively recent development in special effects
that has probed popular with audiences _______________________
10. CGI stands for ___________________________
11. Reflection mapping is a technique involving
_________________________________________________________________
12. The real measure of a special effects success has become whether it is integrated into
the ________________ of a film
13. Both Woody Allen’s ZELIG and Robert Zemeckis’ FORREST GUMP had a ________
that interacted with historical figures.
14. A successful special effect requires that the ______ be convincing in interacting with the
effect.
15. An ordinary Hollywood film typically contains how many shots? __________
16. ___________________________ Is an editing joining method?
17. Which two relationships are present in the editing of any film?
________________________________________________________
18. Which of the following patterns may be considered purely as graphic configurations?
________________________________________
19. When the filmmaker adjusts the length of shots in relation to one another, she or he is
controlling what? ______________________________________________
20. Editing permits the filmmaker to relate any two pointes in space through
_________________________________
21. An editing technique that presents an action in such a what that is consumes less time
on the screen than it does in the story is what? ____________________
22. What is a cheat cut? ______________________________________
23. Crosscutting gives the audience an unrestricted knowledge of causal, temporal or
spatial information by alternating shots from one line of action in one place with shots of
other events in another place. Thus, crosscutting creates some _________ discontinuity.
24. What is one alternative to the continuity style? _________________________
25. What is a nondiegetic insert? __________________________________________
26. What is the 30 degree rule?
________________________________________________________________________
27. Layered sound results from _____ of sounds prepared for the soundtrack.
28. The questions- response pattern is more __________ of the stage than the cinema.
29. Left and right separation refers to ___________
30. Sound in older suburban theaters has been __________
31. Visible sounds are those that would seem logically produced by ____________on the
screen.
32. Realistic or ambient sound that _____ in a story’s environment can be distracting to an
audience.
33. Sounds and the camera’s point of view work together to create the impression of
_____________.
34. Slow motion sound can _________ and also________ on the action.
35. To place an unusual emphasis on sound a director may do all the following__________,
_________, ____________, _______________.
36. Sound can give a sense of temperature by_____________
37. Sound, particularly when it is being analyzed on the screen, can become
_________________________________________
38. A human voice off-screen is one way of describing ____________
39. A voice narrating a film is one way of providing ________________
40. The most common use of a dead soundtrack is _____________
41. Why is sound the hardest cinematic technique to study? _____________
42. Sound gives a new value to _______________
43. Which of the following enable the audience to recognize different characters voices.
_____________
44. Which of the following are types of sound in a cinema? ___________
45. What is a sound track? _____________
46. Sound relates to visual events that take place in a specific time. The relationship gives
sound what? ___________
47. What is fidelity in sound? _______________
48. In film, which is harder for the audience to notice, diegetic or nondiegetic sound?
_______________
49. Sound perspective can e suggested by which of the following?
___________
50. What is simultaneous sound? ___________
51. What is sound bridge? _____________
52. Why is sound a powerful film technique? _____________
53. __________ went against Griffith’s seamless editing by using collision of conflict and
montage.
54. The most important common bond between music and film _____________
55. The modern view of music and film is ________
56. Music creates a sense a structural rhythm ___________
57. The simplest and oldest method of selecting music for film is __________
58. A generalized score is one that ___________
59. Heavy musical backgrounds can __________
60. Music is often used to _________
61. Peter-and-the-Wolfing allows certain instruments and types of music to be associated
with _____________
62. An actor may benefit from music in a film if it adds _______________
63. Many assert that the tradition of the great American movie musicals
_________________
64. Music functions in an important way by providing transitions or bridges between scene
_____________
65. Music that accompanies the main titles of a film often ____________
66. Natural sounds that are built up and artistically mixed ____________
67. The use of the synthesizer __________________________
68. One of the great virtues in the use of film music, generally speaking, _____________
69. MTV has impacted film editing by ______________
70. The Kuleshov effect occurs when two shots and juxtaposed or joined creating
_____________
71. Which of the following mediums has had the greatest influence on film editing today.
_____________
72. The editing style in today’s films is unique in that movies use which of the following
film editing techniques. ____________
73. In film and video sound production, the term Ambience usually means.. _____________
74. Foley artists do which of the following? _________
75. Sound motifs are a combination of sound effects that ….? ________________
76. Which of the following is not a sound quality control system for the playback in a
theatre. _____________
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77. A cut is a visual transition created in editing in which one shot is instantaneously
replaced on screen by another _____
78. Continuity Editing creates action that flows smoothly across shots and scenes without
jarring visual inconsistencies. Establishes a sense of story for the viewer. __
79. Cross cutting is a cutting back and forth quickly between two or more lines of action,
indicating they are happening simultaneously. _________
80. A dissolve is gradual scene transition. The editor overlaps the end of one shot with the
beginning of the next one. _________
81. An establishing shot is normally taken from a short distance or from a “first person
perspective,” that establishes where the action is about to occur. _______
82. A fade is a visual transition between shots or scenes that appear on screen as a brief
interval with no picture. The editor fades one shot to black and then fades in the next.
Often used to indicate a change in time and place. ____________
83. The final cut is the finished edit of a film, approved but the director and the producer.
This is what the audience sees. __________
84. The rough cut is the finished edit of a film, approved by the director and the producer.
This is what the audience sees. _____________
85. A montage is achieved through the editing of many long shots that are designed to
produce an emotional impact on the viewer. The longer the shot, the greater effect it has
on the audience. _________
86. The basic purpose of the _______________ is to create a smooth flow from shot to shot.
87. The _____________ is another name for the 180-degree space.
88. _______ is the technique in Stay where two shots are joined together without a single
cut; one cut grows into the other.
89. ________ is a technique alternating over-the-shoulder shots showing different
characters speaking.
90. _______ is sound that comes from outside of a window in the story, but not on screen;
this sound can be heard by the characters.
91. _______ is sound that comes from outside of a window in the story; it can’t be heard by
anyone in the story.
92. The theory of the montage was developed by _______.
93. Franis Ford Coppola said that sound is _______ of the film.
94. _______ is adding dialogue and sound effects after filming is completed, in post
production.
95. Footsteps, breathing, the rustle of clothing and the sound of props, such as computer
keys or squeaky chairs, are created by a ______.
96. ______ is the first modern-style score that set a standard for Hollywood film scores
which is still followed today; the score uses leitmotifs and individual themes.
97. ______ is the relative highness or lowness of a musical note.
98. _______ is a regular, repeated pattern formed by a series of notes of differing duration
and stress which give music its character.
99. Sound that appears to come from an object seen onscreen, such as a radio or television,
animals, or actors is called _______.
100. ______ brought men into editing.
