Turning the camera off and on to make objects disappear is known as what?

• A. Stop Trick
• B. Jump Cut
• C. Fade
• D. Cross-Cut

Answer: (A)

This question centers on an in-camera effect that makes something disappear by stopping the camera and then resuming filming. The technique is called a stop trick. It works by halting the camera, changing the scene (such as removing an object or swapping something in), and then starting again. When you play the footage back, the change happens between takes, so the object seems to vanish without a visible cut in the middle of action. This differs from a fade, which gradually transitions the image to or from black; a jump cut, which creates an abrupt shift in time or space within the same shot; and cross-cut, which alternates between two separate actions in different places to suggest parallel action. Stop tricks are a classic early-film effect used for magical disappearances and substitutions.