editing

Question 1

film editing

Answer 1

editing is a post- production technique in which the footage shit during production is cut up and reassembled in such a way as to tell the story.

Question 2

syntagmatic connotation

Answer 2

the implied meaning of shots put together

Question 3

spatial relationships

Answer 3

the juxtaposition of shots within a scene can cause us to have a fairly complex sense of that overall space. thus, painting a mental picture of the space of a scene.

Question 4

temporal relationships

Answer 4

editing is used to manipulate the presentation of plot time onscreen.

editing may be traditional and chronological or it ma be manipulated in a creative and confusing way.

Question 5

rhythm

Answer 5

editing determines the duration of a shot.

an editor can control the rhythm (or beat) of a film by varying the duration of the shots in relation to one another.

Question 6

continuity editing

Answer 6

a system of cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action. (the standard style of editing used in TV and films)

Question 7

montage editing (non continuity editing)

Answer 7

consists of a series of short shots that are edited into a sequence to condense narrative or to allow the audience to deduce their own meaning

Question 8

sergi eisenstein

Answer 8

opposing or colliding shots move from one mode to another- high to low angles, close up to long shots, movement within the frame left to right, right to left, up to down.

long takes allow the spectator to settle into the scene; montage jolts the spectator into a confrontation with the material.

Question 9

parallel editing/ crosscutting

Answer 9

continuity editing technique that alternates back and forth between scenes

Question 10

temporal ellipses

Answer 10

-using editing to signify the passage of time.
- a fade out/in between scenes is one example of this, since the brief period when the screen goes black often signals a passage in time from one scene to the next.

Question 11

flashback

Answer 11

the interruption of the chronological plot time with a shot or series of shots that show an event that has happened earlier in the story

Question 12

flashforward

Answer 12

the interruption of present action by a shot or series of shots that shows images from the plots future

Question 13

ellipsis

Answer 13

the most common manipulation of time through editing is an omission of the time that separates one shot from another