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Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. Restricts possible camera setups to the 180-degree area on one side of an imaginary line drawn between the characters or figures of a scene






2. A variety of alternative practices that call attention to the cut through spatial tension - temporal jumps - or rhythmic or graphic pattern so as to affect viscerally - disorient - or intellectually engage the viewer.






3. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action






4. Screen lightens






5. Entire scene in one take






6. One shot must be followed by another shot taken from at least 30 degrees from that of the first. A transition between two shots less than 30 degrees apart is perceived as unnecessary.






7. Shown through a character's eyes






8. Shots of relatively long duration






9. And edit through which a dominant shape or line in one shot provides a visual transition to a similar shape or line in the next shot






10. Style of editing creating formal patterns of shapes - masses - colors - lines - and lighting patterns through links between shots






11. Fragmentation of time and space






12. Superimposes one shot over the next






13. Initial long shot that establishes setting and orients the viewer in space to a clear view of the action






14. Shown through a character's eyes






15. A relatively close shot of two characters






16. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action






17. Shots of relatively long duration






18. Organization of editing according to different paces or tempos determined by how quickly cuts are made






19. Another name for continuity editing






20. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity






21. Fragmentation of time and space






22. Screen darkens






23. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






24. Distance the viewer from material






25. Direction of an action is edited to a shot depicting the continuation of that action






26. Appearance of truth






27. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action






28. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action






29. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






30. If a character looks offscreen - the next shot will likely show the character or object that the character is looking at in a screen position that matches the gaze






31. Interspersed






32. Distance the viewer from material






33. Another name for continuity editing






34. Imaginary line bisecting a scene corresponding to the 180-degree rule






35. Screen lightens






36. The direction and pace of actions - gestures - and other movements are linked with corresponding or contrasting movements in one or more other shots






37. Style emphasizing the breaks and contrasts between images joined by a cut






38. The order according to which shots or scenes convey the temporal sequence of the story's events






39. Join two images by moving a line across one image to replace it with the next






40. Follows a predetermined structure






41. Appearance of truth






42. A variety of alternative practices that call attention to the cut through spatial tension - temporal jumps - or rhythmic or graphic pattern so as to affect viscerally - disorient - or intellectually engage the viewer.






43. Insert that breaks continuity






44. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action






45. If a character looks offscreen - the next shot will likely show the character or object that the character is looking at in a screen position that matches the gaze






46. One or more shots that describe a continuous space - time - and action






47. Continuity editing that establishes spatial and temporal clarity by breaking down a scene - often using progressively tighter framings that remain consistent spatial relations






48. Direction of an action is edited to a shot depicting the continuation of that action






49. Begins with the shot of one character taken from an angle at one of the axis of action - continues with a shot of the second character from the reverse angle at the other end of the axis - and proceeds back and forth.






50. And edit through which a dominant shape or line in one shot provides a visual transition to a similar shape or line in the next shot