Chapter 6: Film Editing Flashcards
(28 cards)
Typical Hollywood film contains how many shots?
1000-2000 (3000 for action)
The common join is called a what?
a cut
cuts provide what?
instantaneous change from one shot to another
fade-out and fade-in
fade-out: darkens the end of a shot to black
fade-in: lightens a shot from black
briefly superimposes end of shot A and beginning of shot B
dissolve
shot B replaces shot A using a boundary
wipe (i.e. Seven Samurai)
Before digital editing, how were cuts made?
splicing two shots with cement or tape
What editing does in Hitchcock’s “Birds”
give control over impact and timing… fasten our attention to certain characters e.g
Dimensions of film editing
- Graphic relations between shot A and B
- Rhythmic relations between shot A and B
- Spatial relations
- Temporal relations
Graphic dimension of editing
compare qualities of shots across… in a graphical sense
graphic match
linking together shots through graphic similarities
flash frames
when a moment of impact comes (say, someone about to be hit), immediately change shots
manipulating space
if shell is fired, and before camera showed cannon… make assumptions
Kuleshov Effect
editing makes viewers assume expressions change… cutting together portions of space to prompt spectator to assume spatial whole (that’s not seen)
Temporal relations
filmmaker has control over editing
Elliptical editing
action is presented such that it takes less time on screen that in actual story
Three ways for ellipses
- start then cut to end
- start, then briefly hold empty frame, then empty frame at top
- cutaway/insert: after start, put another frame (of something else), then end
overlapping editing
if end of one shot partially repeated at beginning of another
continuity editing
aims to transmit narrative information smoothly over a series of shots,
… graphic qualities are roughly continuous
… adjust rhythm of the cutting to scale of shots (long shots are kept longer)
180 degrees system
actions occur along a line or vector
shot/reverse-shot
pattern showing both ends periodically
eyeline match
shot A presents someone looking at something offscreen… shot B reveals what is being looked at
cheat cut
when a continuity from shot A to B… position of figures don’t match
crosscutting
alternates shots of story from one place to another… spatial discontinuity
