Advanced Editing Techniques Flashcards
5 techniques to …:
evoke emotions; cross cutting, leit motif, symbolism, contrast, parallelism
Sergei Eisenstein:
created Russian montage
Vsevold Pudovkin:
creator of the 5 techniques
Russia→… filmmaking (for …); … based techniques
propaganda; war effort; psychologically
symbolism: open to viewer’s …., putting …
interpretation; shots together to symbolize something
contrast editing:
contrasting imagery to send a message and evoke emotions
parallelism: means of ….
transporting viewer through time/ to other location using similar images/sounds
cross cutting: shows what’s happening at the … between … and …; cutting …
same time; different locations; different people; back and forth
leit motif: using … to …
reoccurring sound/image; evoke an emotional response
sergei eisenstein: didn’t follow ….; a bunch of … put together in …., but viewer is still …→…
continuity; shots; no particular order; aware of what’s happening; russian montage
sergei eisenstein was the 1st man to
avoid focusing on continuity
american montage: used to …, normally associated with …; … but viewers know the action …
manipulate time; music; quick paced; took longer
cross cutting builds
tension
jump cut is used to
manipulate a short period of time
jump cut jumps you
forward in time
