Continuity Editing
Complexity Editing
Sound
Louder (more sound)
Hey Girl...
100
Continuity editing usually follows this "rule" in which the cameras remain on one side of the action.
What is the 180 Degree Rule?
100
This type of montage condenses time to essential cause and effect relationships.
What is a sequential analytical montage?
100
Sound within the frame, that characters can hear.
What is diegetic sound?
100
Sound that predicts an event or mood.
What is predictive sound?
100
Ryan dated this co-star from a Nicholas Sparks film.
What is Rachel McAdams?
200
This is the what is established in the mind of the audience through establishing shots and continuity editing.
What is a mental map?
200
This cut happens when the background remains constant, but the figures move, as if a moment or two was taken from the shot.
What is a jump cut?
200
The function of sound that gets inside the mind of the character and portrays mood or energy.
What is inner orientation?
200
The function of sound that includes dialogue, voice-over, and general information of the narrative.
What is informational sound?
200

This film is why Ryan had a show-stopping musical number at the 2024 Oscars. 

What is the Mickey Mouse Club?

300
This type of continuity involves the actors and any movable props.
What is subject continuity?
300
This montage reveals an object or situation, but time is not a factor. It does not move along a time vector.
What is a sectional montage?
300
Score, certain songs, voice-over narration, and cartoon sound effects are examples of this.
What is non-diegetic sound?
300
Sound that matches the time period and/or country of origin.
What is geographical/historical match?
300

Ryan was disappointed that this film was thought to be Best Picture for about 45 seconds of live television, before it was revealed that Moonlight actually won. 

What is La La Land?

400
This type of cut usually suggests a location or time change. The shots momentarily overlap.
What is a dissolve?
400
A montage in which each shot is equal length.
What is a metric montage?
400
A reoccurring sound that is often is symbolic or meaningful in a film.
What is a leitmotif?
400
Sound that matches the mood of the scene.
What is a Tonal match?
400
As the leading character in this film, Ryan doesn't even have a name.
What is Drive?
500
This type of cut moves across or pushes off the previous shot.
What is a wipe?
500
Named after the guy who conducted an experiment, it is the "effect" of a collision (or intellectual) montage.
What is the Kuleshov effect?
500
The art of replacing sound and sound effects.
What is foley?
500
Sound that matches the information on the screen in a graphic or more abstract way.
What is a structural match?
500
Ryan's romantic interest in this quirky indie film was a life-size doll.
What is Lars and the Real Girl?
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