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Film - Editing

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Editing   The coordination of one shot with the next  
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Primary Kinds of Edits   Physical vs. Optical, Cuts, Wipes, Dissolves, Fades  
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Bordwell & Thompson outline four dimensions of film editing:   Graphic Relations, Rhythmic Relations, Spatial relations, temporal relations  
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Graphic Match   editing two shots together with like compositions to show their similarity usually by cut or dissolve  
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Graphic Discontinuity   editing two shots together with unlike compositions, often to call attention to the film editing  
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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  
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Spatial Relations   Using space to construct a universe of diegetic film space  
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Kuleshov Effect   a sequence that prompts the spectator to infer a spatial whole in the absence of an establishing shot  
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Parallel Editing/ Cross Cutting   alternating shots from one line of action in one place with shots of events taken place elsewhere  
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Elliptical editing   presenting an action so that it consumes less screen time than it does real time  
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overlapping editing   repeating an action across an edit  
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Continuity Editing   System designed to enhance narrative continuity, also known as invisible editing. Dominant style of Hollywood cinema.  
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Spacial Continuity   180 degree rule: The space of the scene is constructed and maintained along an axis of action  
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Establishing shot   shot at the beginning of a sequence that establishes the spatial relations of the scene and the characters within it  
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Shot/reverse shot   cutting from one end of the 180 line to the other end in order to simulate a conversation taking place  
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Eyeline Match   The offscreen gaze of a character onscreen matches with the offscreen gaze of the character in the next edit  
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Match on action   cancelling part of an action by cutting from its start to a later point  
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Director of Casablanca   Micheal Curtiz  
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Editor of Casablanca   Owen Marks  
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Director of Breathless   Jean Luc Goudard  
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Editor of Breathless   Cecile Decugis  
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