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Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. Shots of relatively long duration






2. Follows a predetermined structure






3. Fragmentation of time and space






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






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






6. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






7. Shots of relatively long duration






8. Superimposes one shot over the next






9. Shown through a character's eyes






10. Distance the viewer from material






11. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






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






13. Follows a predetermined structure






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






15. 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






16. Screen lightens






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






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






19. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Entire scene in one take






25. Screen lightens






26. Entire scene in one take






27. Dividing up the narrative into large units






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






29. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






30. Screen darkens






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






32. Tempo at which the film seems to move






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






34. 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.






35. Another name for continuity editing






36. Interspersed






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






38. Tempo at which the film seems to move






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






40. 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.






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






42. Interspersed






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






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






45. Another name for disjunctive editing






46. Dividing up the narrative into large units






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






48. A relatively close shot of two characters






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






50. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity