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Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. Initial long shot that establishes setting and orients the viewer in space to a clear view of the action






2. Depicts a character's response to something the viewers have just been shown






3. Another name for continuity editing






4. Temporal relation of shots and scenes to the amount of time that passes in the story






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






6. Tempo at which the film seems to move






7. Follows a predetermined structure






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






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






10. Screen lightens






11. Shown through a character's eyes






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






13. Temporal relation of shots and scenes to the amount of time that passes in the story






14. Interspersed






15. Screen darkens






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






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






18. Shown through a character's eyes






19. Any number of shots that are unified as a coherent action - regardless of space and time






20. Appearance of truth






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






22. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently






23. Another name for disjunctive editing






24. Superimposes one shot over the next






25. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action






26. Depicts a character's response to something the viewers have just been shown






27. Insert that breaks continuity






28. Fragmentation of time and space






29. Distance the viewer from material






30. Another name for disjunctive editing






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






32. 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






33. Screen lightens






34. Dividing up the narrative into large units






35. 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






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






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






38. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






39. 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






40. Another name for continuity editing






41. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity






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






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






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






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






46. Entire scene in one take






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. Screen darkens






50. 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