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Film - Editing
Term | Definition |
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Editing | The coordination of one shot with the next |
Primary Kinds of Edits | Physical vs. Optical, Cuts, Wipes, Dissolves, Fades |
Bordwell & Thompson outline four dimensions of film editing: | Graphic Relations, Rhythmic Relations, Spatial relations, temporal relations |
Graphic Match | editing two shots together with like compositions to show their similarity usually by cut or dissolve |
Graphic Discontinuity | editing two shots together with unlike compositions, often to call attention to the film editing |
Rhythmic Relations | Film Tempo, Editing isn't the only means of determining film tempo but it is perhaps the most influential way to change the pace of a film... Varying shot lengths produce a different rhythmic effect |
Spatial Relations | Using space to construct a universe of diegetic film space |
Kuleshov Effect | a sequence that prompts the spectator to infer a spatial whole in the absence of an establishing shot |
Parallel Editing/ Cross Cutting | alternating shots from one line of action in one place with shots of events taken place elsewhere |
Elliptical editing | presenting an action so that it consumes less screen time than it does real time |
overlapping editing | repeating an action across an edit |
Continuity Editing | System designed to enhance narrative continuity, also known as invisible editing. Dominant style of Hollywood cinema. |
Spacial Continuity | 180 degree rule: The space of the scene is constructed and maintained along an axis of action |
Establishing shot | shot at the beginning of a sequence that establishes the spatial relations of the scene and the characters within it |
Shot/reverse shot | cutting from one end of the 180 line to the other end in order to simulate a conversation taking place |
Eyeline Match | The offscreen gaze of a character onscreen matches with the offscreen gaze of the character in the next edit |
Match on action | cancelling part of an action by cutting from its start to a later point |
Director of Casablanca | Micheal Curtiz |
Editor of Casablanca | Owen Marks |
Director of Breathless | Jean Luc Goudard |
Editor of Breathless | Cecile Decugis |