Stories Told Through Editing

Movies and TV · 10 questions

Ten questions on editing techniques and their precise definitions.

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1. Which editing approach links shots unobtrusively to preserve temporal and spatial continuity?

   1. Continuity editing
   2. Jump cut
   3. Graphic match
   4. Montage
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   A) Continuity editing

2. Which technique, prominent in Soviet film theory, creates ideas or feelings by juxtaposing shots?

   1. Eyeline match
   2. Montage
   3. Jump cut
   4. J-cut
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   B) Montage

3. Which editing technique smooths a cut by continuing an action from one shot into the next?

   1. J-cut
   2. Graphic match
   3. Jump cut
   4. Match on action
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   D) Match on action

4. Which cut creates the impression of a sudden time skip within the same scene?

   1. Montage
   2. J-cut
   3. Graphic match
   4. Jump cut
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   D) Jump cut

5. Which editing technique alternates between events in different locations to relate them?

   1. Cross-cutting
   2. Jump cut
   3. L-cut
   4. Shot-reverse-shot
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   A) Cross-cutting

6. Which edit occurs when audio from one shot continues over the image of the next shot?

   1. L-cut
   2. Graphic match
   3. Montage
   4. J-cut
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   A) L-cut

7. Which edit begins the incoming shot's audio before its image appears?

   1. Montage
   2. L-cut
   3. J-cut
   4. Jump cut
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   C) J-cut

8. Which editing pattern alternates shots of characters during a dialogue scene?

   1. Montage sequence
   2. Jump cut
   3. Shot-reverse-shot
   4. Graphic match
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   C) Shot-reverse-shot

9. Which transition links two shots through similarities in shape, color, or composition?

   1. Match on action
   2. Graphic match
   3. Jump cut
   4. L-cut
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   B) Graphic match

10. Which editing principle condenses a story by omitting portions of events or intervals of time?

    1. Shot-reverse-shot
    2. J-cut
    3. Montage
    4. Elliptical editing
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    D) Elliptical editing