Week 7: Film Editing II Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is continuity editing
The aim is to appear seamless (invisible editing)
- unobtrusive graphic relations (avoids smash cuts)
- rhythmic relations appropriate to subject
- clear temporal and spatial relations
What is a direction match
A consistent direction of movement is maintained throughout the sequence
What is a direction match
A consistent direction of movement is maintained throughout the sequence.
What is a graphic match?
Linking of shots by close graphic similarities.
What are flash-frames?
Quick frame used to stress a single moment. May also mark transitions between segments or signal flashbacks or subjective sequences.
What is the Kuleshov effect?
Cutting together portions of a space in a way that prompts the spectator to assume a spatial whole that isn’t shown onscreen.
What is a flashback?
a manipulation in editing, presenting one or more shots out of presumed story order
What is elliptical editing?
Presents an action in such a way that it consumes less time on the screen than it does in the story.
What is overlapping editing?
When the action from one shot is repeated at the beginning of the next
What is the axis of action?
Any action-a person walking, two people conversing, a car racing along a roaf-can be thought of as occuring along a line. This axis of action determines a half-circle, or 180° area, where the camera can be placed to present the action. The filmmaker will plan, stage, shoot, and edit the shots so as to maintain the axis of action from shot to shot.
What does the 180º system ensure?
That relative positions in the frame remain consistent, consistent eyelines, and consistent screen direction.
What is a shot/reverse-shot pattern?
Showing first one end of the line, then the other, once the 180º line has been established. A reverse shot isn’t a reverse shot, just shows the opposite end of the line
What is an eyeline match?
Occurs when a shot (A) presents someone looking at something offscreen, and another shot (B) shows us what is being looked at. In neither shot are both looker and object present. Helps create a strong spatial continuity.
What is a reestablishing shot?
A shot that reestablishes the overall space that was analyzed in previous shots.
what is one of the most common spatial editing patterns
establishment/breakdown/reestablishment
analytical editing vs constructive editing
analytical editing is cutting that analyzes the space. constructive editing builds up our sense of the space without an establishing shot
Match on action
movement that start at the end of one shot and continue into the beginning of the next shot
what is a cheat cut
slightly mismatching the positions of characters or objects
Crosscutting
alternating shots of story events in one place with shots of another event elsewhere. Can involve multiple storylines in the past and present.
Difference between continuous and elided (ellipsis) editing
continuous is when plot time and screen time equal storytime. Elided is when storytime is greater than plot time and screen time.
What are indicators that it is continuous editing?
Continuous story action, diegetic sound overlapping the cuts, and matching on action.
What is temporal ellipses
Something that has been omitted to keep the story line progressing.
What is a montage sequence?
Brief portions of a process, informative titles (for example, “1865” or “San Francisco”), stereotyped images (such as the Eiffel Tower), newsreel footage, news- paper headlines, and the like can be joined by dissolves and music to create a quick, regular rhythm and to compress a lengthy series of actions into a few moments.
