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Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. Insert that breaks continuity






2. Shown through a character's eyes






3. Screen lightens






4. Entire scene in one take






5. Insert that breaks continuity






6. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action






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






8. Interspersed






9. 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.






10. Alternating between two or more strands of simultaneous action






11. Another name for continuity editing






12. Tempo at which the film seems to move






13. Fragmentation of time and space






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






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






16. Dividing up the narrative into large units






17. 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






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






19. Edits that intentionally create gaps in action






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






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






22. Screen darkens






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






24. 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.






25. Interspersed






26. 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






27. Tempo at which the film seems to move






28. Entire scene in one take






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






30. Dividing up the narrative into large units






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






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






33. Follows a predetermined structure






34. A relatively close shot of two characters






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






36. Shots of relatively long duration






37. Shots of relatively long duration






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






39. A relatively close shot of two characters






40. 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






41. Superimposes one shot over the next






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






50. Appearance of truth