HOMEWORK QUIZ 8

Art of Film
Friedling

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All highlighted video links use the password artoffilm. Choose best answer(s).

Watch the video about the 180-degree rule and then take the quiz to test your comprehension. This
video has no password protection.

1. The 180-degree rule requires that

there are no more than two POV shots per minute of screen time.
✔ the camera not cross the axis of action.
lighting remains consistent on both sides of the line of action.
every character walks in a full circle.

2. A filmmaker can cross the line of action and maintain continuity by

using graphic matches.
intensifying an actor's performance.
providing a distraction in the background of a scene.
✔ taking a shot on the line of axis and using it asa transition to restablish a new
orientation.

3. Note the orientation of characters in this

image. In order to follow the 180-degree
rule, in the next medium shot of the
character in black, he must be facing screen
______.
✔ left
right
Watch the video about crossing the axis of action, and then take the quiz to test your
comprehension of key concepts.

4. In this sequence from Ozu's Early Summer, what principle of continuity editing is being
violated?
the rule of graphic match
the 30-degree rule
✔ the 180-degree rule
the 360-degree rule

5. By crossing the axis of action, Ozu chooses to balance his characters

temporally.
in terms of personality.
✔ graphically.
spatially.

6. In this clip, by refusing to present his characters in a conventional shot/reverse-shot editing

pattern, Ozu
prevents the spectator from understanding what is going on in the sequence.
✔ works with a "360-degree system."
makes sure all of the characters are treated equally.
increases depth of field.

7. Ozu's films provide consistency by ______.

dressing his characters in similar costumes
using non-diegetic sound
using three-point lighting
✔ regularly violating the 180-degree rule

Watch the video about crosscutting, and then take the quiz to test your comprehension of key
concepts.

8. In this clip, which technique contributes to the illusion of a common space for the meetings of
the gangsters and the police?
cheat cut
crossing the axis
✔ match on action
elliptical editing
9. Which of these elements are used in the first scene with the gangsters to help prepare the
viewer for crosscutting between the meetings of the gangsters and the police? Check all that
apply.
✔ series of cuts within scene
graphic clashes
✔ eyeline match
✔ hand gestures of head gangster
diegetic sound

10. What elements help to establish the head gangster as the dominant figure of the combined
meetings of the police and the gangsters? Check all that apply.
✔ lingering, silent shot of him
✔ shots of him that cross the axis of action
placement of bowler hat in frontal shots of him

Watch the video about jump cuts, and then take the quiz to test your comprehension of key
concepts.

11. A jump cut violates which aspects of classical cinematic storytelling? Check all that apply.
three-point lighting
✔ "invisible" editing
✔ temporal coherence
spatial continuity
costume design

12. In regard to the two still frames of Patricia's head in the video tutorial, what makes the
relation between the two shots clearly a jump cut?
her costume
foreground figure has changed, but background remains the same
✔ background has changed, but foreground remains the sam
all of the choices are correct
13. Jump cuts often show action in two different shots from the same angle. This violates the
voice-over rule.
✔ 30-degree rule
three-point rule
180-degree rule

14. The systemic use of jump cuts tends to produce what effect on the spectator? Check all that
apply.
inability to understand narrative
✔ momentary disorientation
sleepiness
✔ heightened awareness of editing