Contemporary Editing Methods

Question 1

List the seven contemporary methods of Pudovkin’s principles

Answer 1

Montage
Assembly
Mise-en-scene
Intercutting
Split Screen
Dissolves
Smash Cuts

Question 2

Montage -

Answer 2

quick cuts; disconnected in time or place combined to form a larger idea. frequently denoted passage of time, coming of age, or emotional transition

Question 3

Assembly -

Answer 3

mosaic to form larger ideas; Hitchcock “The creative construction of a scene through the assembly of separate pieces of film.”

Question 4

Mise-en-scene -

Answer 4

“putting in the scene”; a continuous camera shot (no editing)

Question 5

Intercutting -

Answer 5

also called Cross-cutting; two scenes shot in sequence, cutting back and forth between them.

Question 6

Split Screen -

Answer 6

two shots in a single frame showing simultaneous action

Question 7

Dissolves -

Answer 7

blending of one shot to another to indicate time, scale, etc.

Question 8

Smash Cuts -

Answer 8

jars the audience, sudden change in image or sound