Editing Flashcards
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What is continuity editing
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- using agreed conventions to cut and join shots to tell the story smoothly and clearly
- This creates the lest challenging an most structured narrative style for the audience
- ensures a sense of reality
2
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What is a establishing shot
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- a long or extreme long shot showing the spatial relationship between, or location of, characters, objects and setting
3
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What is cross cut / parallel editing
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- this is cutting between actions in different locations to convey the impression that two or more events are occurring simultaneously (parallel editing) or are related (cross-cutting), to build suspense or show their relationship
4
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What is a cutaway
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- A shot of something related to but outside the main action of as scene. It cuts away from the main action to a separate or secondary action, for example to show the response of another character
5
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What is a re-establishing shot
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- another long shot to reinforce the setting or show how it has changed
6
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What is the 180 degrees rule
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- this maintains continuity editing by ensuring that the action in a sequence of shots takes place in the half circle in front of the camera, so that characters’ positions aren’t reversed. Crossing the line creates a disorientating change in perspective
7
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What is a montage
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the editing technique of assembling separate pieces of thematically related film and putting them together into a sequence
8
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What is a jump cut
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- an abrupt, disorientating cut in the middle of a shot to another scene or time
9
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What is a fade in
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- A shot gradually appears from a blank, white or colored screen
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What is a fade out
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- A shot gradually disappears into a blank black, white or colored screen
11
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What is a wipe
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- a line across the screen pushes one shot off the screen and replaces it with another
12
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What is a dissolve/cross-fade
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- the end of a shot remains on the screen and gradually fades out after the next shot has started, often to suggest time passing
