Chapter 5 Flashcards
Editing
The process of selecting and joining film footage and shots into a finished film with a distinctive style and rhythm. The individual responsible for this process is the editor.
Storyboard
A shot-by-shot graphic representation of how a film or a film sequence will unfold
Cut
In the editing process, the join or splice between two pieces of film; in the finished film, and editing transition between two separate shots or scenes achieved without optical effects
Crosscutting
An editing technique that cuts back and forth between actions in separate spaces, often implying simultaneity
Parallel Editing
An editing technique that alternates back and forth between actions in separate locations, often implying simultaneity
Montage
A term for editing most frequently used for style to emphasize the dynamic relationship between images, following Soviet silent era filmmakers use of the term; also designates rapid sequences in Hollywood films used for descriptive purposes or to show the rapid passage of time
Dialectical Montage
Sergei Eisenstein’s term for the cutting together of conflicting or unrelated images to generate an idea or an emotion in the viewer
Intercutting
Interposing shots of two or more actions or locations
Continuity Editing
Hollywood editing that uses cuts and other transitions to establish for verisimilitude, to construct a coherent time and space, and to tell stories clearly and efficiently; sometimes called invisible editing. Continuity editing follows the basic principle that each shot has a continuous relationship to the next shot.
Jump Cut
An edit that interrupts a particular action and intentionally or unintentionally creates discontinuities in the spatial or temporal development of shots
Shock Cut
A cut that juxtaposes two images whose dramatic difference creates a jarring visual effect
Fade-out
An optical effect in which an image gradually darkens to black, often ending a scene or a film
Fade-In
An optical effect in which a black screen gradually brightens to a full picture; often used after fade out to create a transition between scenes
Dissolve
An optical effect that briefly superimposes one shot over the next, which takes place: one image fades out as another image fades in
Wipe
A transition used to join two shots by moving a vertical, horizontal, or sometimes diagonal line across one image to replace it with a second image that follows the line across the frame
Verisimilitude
The quality of fictional representation that allows readers or viewers to accept a constructed world – it’s events, it’s characters, and their actions – as plausible (literally, “having the appearance of truth”)
Continuity Style
An approach to filmmaking associated with classical Hollywood cinema that uses a broad array of technical choices (from continuity editing to scoring) that efface technique in order to emphasize human agency and narrative clarity
Establishing Shot
An initial longshot that establishes the location and setting and that orients the viewer in space to a clear view of the action
Two-Shot
A shot depicting two characters
Over-the-shoulder-shot
Frame compositions where the camera is positioned slightly behind an over the shoulder of one character, focussing on another character or object; often used when alternating between speaking characters
Reestablishing Shot
A shot that reestablishes the space in which an edited sequence unfolds, orientating the spectator to changes in figure location and restoring an objective view of the action
