Homework 8
Homework 8
Homework 8
Art of Film
Friedling
NAME
STUDENT ID
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.
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
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