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Film Editing

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. Establishes verisimilitude - constructs a coherent time - tells stories clearly and efficiently






2. Appearance of truth






3. 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.






4. Screen lightens






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






6. 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.






7. Distance the viewer from material






8. Dividing up the narrative into large units






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






10. Screen darkens






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






12. Shots of relatively long duration






13. Interspersed






14. Screen lightens






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






16. Tempo at which the film seems to move






17. Shots of relatively long duration






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






19. A relatively close shot of two characters






20. Another name for disjunctive editing






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






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






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






24. Distance the viewer from material






25. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






26. Fragmentation of time and space






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






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






29. Abridgment in time of the narrative implied by editing






30. Follows a predetermined structure






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






32. Another name for disjunctive editing






33. Superimposes one shot over the next






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. Appearance of truth






41. Dividing up the narrative into large units






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






43. Shown through a character's eyes






44. Periodic return to an initial establishing view






45. Superimposes one shot over the next






46. Insert that breaks continuity






47. Entire scene in one take






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






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






50. Multiple shots of the same action; disrupts continuity