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Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. Organization of editing according to different paces or tempos determined by how quickly cuts are made






2. 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






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






4. Insert that breaks continuity






5. Another name for continuity editing






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






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






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






9. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






10. Insert that breaks continuity






11. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity






12. Tempo at which the film seems to move






13. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action






14. 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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Fragmentation of time and space






19. 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.






20. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






21. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action






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






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






24. Dividing up the narrative into large units






25. Appearance of truth






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






27. Entire scene in one take






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






29. Distance the viewer from material






30. Shown through a character's eyes






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






32. Superimposes one shot over the next






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






34. Interspersed






35. Appearance of truth






36. Screen darkens






37. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action






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






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






40. Interspersed






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






42. Screen lightens






43. A relatively close shot of two characters






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






45. Distance the viewer from material






46. 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.






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






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






50. Superimposes one shot over the next