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Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. Brief shot filmed separately from a scene and inserted during editing...points out details significant to the action






2. Interspersed






3. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity






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






5. Another name for continuity editing






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






7. Entire scene in one take






8. 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






9. Entire scene in one take






10. Appearance of truth






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






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






13. Shown through a character's eyes






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






15. Interspersed






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. Insert that breaks continuity






22. Screen lightens






23. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






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






25. A relatively close shot of two characters






26. 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.






27. Another name for disjunctive editing






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






29. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






30. Distance the viewer from material






31. Another name for continuity editing






32. Distance the viewer from material






33. Follows a predetermined structure






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






35. 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






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






37. Dividing up the narrative into large units






38. 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.






39. 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






40. A relatively close shot of two characters






41. Another name for disjunctive editing






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






43. Screen darkens






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






45. Fragmentation of time and space






46. Screen darkens






47. Appearance of truth






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






49. 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






50. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing







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