Chapter 06
The Relation of Shot to Shot: Editing
1. An ordinary modern Hollywood film typically contains about
2. Which of the following is NOT a type of transition from one shot to another?
3. In the scene of the gas-station explosion in The Birds, the editing employs
4. Lev Kuleshov’s discovery, termed the “Kuleshov effect,” suggests that
5. Crosscutting is an editing technique that
6. A temporal ellipsis in editing
7. What change in continuity editing has occurred to adapt to the increased number of shots used in films since 1960?
8. The technique of overlapping editing consists of
9. Continuity editing is a system for
10. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the 180-degree system?
11. The opening scene of The Maltese Falcon showing the office of detective Sam Space contains examples of what type of
editing?
12. The axis of action is
13. The 180-degree system is designed to
14. A cheat cut involves
15. Crosscutting typically
16. In the continuity system, a montage sequence usually
17. Precise graphic matching in a narrative context is typical of the films of
18. Which of the following is NOT a significant alternative to the techniques of the continuity system?
19. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the editing in Sergei Eisenstein’s October?
20. In Citizen Kane, Orson Welles utilizes what kind of transition between the deathbed sequence and the “News on the
March” sequence?
21. Digital intra-frame editing allows filmmakers to alter space by
22. Kuleshov typically utilized what editing technique to create a sense of spatial proximity between shots?
23. A match on action
24. In Rear Window, POV editing
25. Contemporary filmmaking differs from that of classical Hollywood in all the following ways except
26. A battle scene will typically utilize what editing pattern to show what the opposing groups are doing at any given
moment?
27. Which of the following is NOT used to produce an elliptical transition?
28. Films that use a great deal of editing are more “cinematic” than those that rely mostly on long takes.
29. Film editing may be thought of as the coordination or connection of one shot with the next.
30. In order to create a smooth flow of narrative information, Hollywood films use detailed graphic matches for almost all
cuts.
31. In editing, rhythm depends on the patterning of shot lengths.
32. An establishing shot is a close view that reveals a significant detail in the scene.
33. Most films made since 1995 indicate the passage of time through fades and dissolves instead of direct cuts.
34. A scene’s axis of action shifts as the characters move around the set.
35. The term shot/reverse shot refers to cutting back and forth across the axis of action.
36. A match on action is a common method of breaking the axis of action.
37. Most shot/reverse-shot cuts utilize the eyeline match.
38. Flashbacks are the most common departure from a 1-2-3 temporal order in Hollywood continuity films.
39. Overlapping editing expands story duration.
40. In the sequence at the gas station in The Birds, Hitchcock utilizes a long and slow camera movement to reframe the
complex action.
41. Editing is the most effective technique for controlling a viewer’s attention.
42. Graphic qualities are rarely considered in traditional continuity editing.
43. Elliptical editing expands story time.
44. A shot can be as short as a single frame.
45. A POV shot is optically identical to an eyeline match.
46. POV editing in Rear Window violates the 180-degree rule.
47. The “intensified continuity” that characterizes contemporary filmmaking is well adapted for viewing on small screens
such as those found on laptop computers and smartphones.
48. A match on action is so powerful that it can create spatial and temporal continuity across the cut.
49. Discuss how the number of shots in a film has evolved since 1930 and how this has affected the continuity editing
system.