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Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Film interrupts the action to 'cut away' to another image or action






2. 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






3. 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






4. Appearance of truth






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






6. Another name for continuity editing






7. Screen lightens






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






9. A relatively close shot of two characters






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






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






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






13. Dividing up the narrative into large units






14. 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






15. Fragmentation of time and space






16. Distance the viewer from material






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






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






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






20. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






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






22. Another name for disjunctive editing






23. Interspersed






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






25. Dividing up the narrative into large units






26. Insert that breaks continuity






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






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






29. Follows a predetermined structure






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






31. A relatively close shot of two characters






32. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity






33. 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.






34. Tempo at which the film seems to move






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






36. Fragmentation of time and space






37. Distance the viewer from material






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






39. Superimposes one shot over the next






40. Appearance of truth






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






42. Tempo at which the film seems to move






43. 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






44. Insert that breaks continuity






45. Interspersed






46. 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.






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






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






49. Shown through a character's eyes






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