Movie Buff Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, a bone thrown into the air cuts to a spacecraft. What editing technique does this transition exemplify?
A match cut
A jump cut
Shot-reverse-shot
A wipe transition
2. A mystery is presented entirely through a protagonist whose account is later shown to be distorted by bias and missing information. Which storytelling device is being used?
A framing narrative
An unreliable narrator
Dramatic irony
A nonlinear montage
3. A filmmaker wants two characters facing each other to retain consistent left-right positions when the camera cuts between them. Which guideline is most relevant?
The rule of thirds
The Kuleshov effect
The 180-degree rule
The 30-degree rule
4. In a scene, music comes from a radio that the characters switch on and hear. What kind of sound is it?
Diegetic sound
Foley added outside the story world
A voice-over
Non-diegetic sound
5. Which term did Alfred Hitchcock commonly use for an object or objective that motivates the characters and plot, even when its precise nature matters little to the audience?
Chekhov's gun
Red herring
Deus ex machina
MacGuffin
6. A character's glass is nearly empty in one shot, full in the reverse angle, and nearly empty again when the camera cuts back. What is this primarily an example of?
A deliberate jump scare
A continuity error
A split-diopter shot
A motivated cut
7. The film Parasite was produced in which country?
Japan
China
Thailand
South Korea
8. Several witnesses provide conflicting accounts of the same event, leaving the objective truth uncertain. Which film gave its name to the effect associated with this structure?
Rashomon
Memento
Rear Window
The Third Man
9. The Magnificent Seven, released in 1960, reworks the central premise of which earlier film?
Yojimbo
Throne of Blood
The Hidden Fortress
Seven Samurai
10. A postwar film uses nonprofessional performers, working-class characters, and extensive shooting in real streets. Which movement does this approach most strongly evoke?
Italian Neorealism
French New Wave
Soviet montage
German Expressionism
11. A theater screen keeps the image height similar but expands sideways for a 2.39:1 presentation. Compared with 1.85:1, how will the image appear?
Nearly square
Taller relative to its width
Wider relative to its height
Identical in shape
12. During one continuous shot, the focus shifts from a nearby glass to a person standing in the background. What technique has been used?
A dolly zoom
A rack focus
Deep focus
Cross-cutting
13. Viewers see a bomb hidden beneath a table, but the characters continue chatting without knowing it is there. Which device creates the tension?
An unreliable flashback
Dramatic irony
A false protagonist
Breaking the fourth wall
14. Blade Runner is based on a novel by which author?
William Gibson
Arthur C. Clarke
Philip K. Dick
Isaac Asimov
15. Who directed The Godfather?
Martin Scorsese
William Friedkin
Francis Ford Coppola
Sidney Lumet
16. A sequence condenses several weeks of training into brief shots accompanied by music. Which technique best describes the sequence?
Real-time staging
Parallel editing
A long take
A montage