Editing

Question 1

Editing is the process of..

Answer 1

joining together two or more shots

Question 2

Editing is the manipulation of what 3 things?

Answer 2

• graphic.. qualities of two or more shots
• tempo… at which these shots change
• timing… of each shot in relationship to other elements of film

Question 3

Shot Transition

Answer 3

The use of editing techniques to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another

Question 4

Shot Transition “Straight Cut”

Answer 4

Splicing of one shot to another without using any particular device
- abrupt inexplicable shift in time and space of an action

Question 5

Shot Transition “Fade In”

Answer 5

• gradual lightening of the image from black to normal

Question 6

Shot Transition “Fade Out”

Answer 6

• gradual darkening of the image until it becomes black

Question 7

Shot Transition “Dissolve” aka overlapping / lap dissolve

Answer 7

• preceding shot gradually disappears as new scene gradually takes preceding scene’s place.

Question 8

Shot Transition “Iris In”

Answer 8

• Starts in darkness

- Expanding circle of light

Question 9

Shot Transition “Iris Out”

Answer 9

• Starts in scene

- Shrinking circle of light

Question 10

Shot Transition “Wipe”

Answer 10

• Scene A gradually replaces Scene B by moving them of frame. This occurs in an infinite range of shapes

Question 11

Continuity Editing

Answer 11

1900-1910

• ensures narrative continuity
• creates smooth flow (invisible editing)
• Main Aim - Create an illusion of continuous space and time

Question 12

180 degree rule - what is it and what kind of consistency does it establish?

Answer 12

Filming must remain on same side of action for the rest of scene
- consistency in eye lines, screen direction, space of scene

Question 13

Editing Matches in Continuity Editing: Eye-line match

Answer 13

Uses a character’s line of sight to motivate the cut

- clarifies spatial relationships

Question 14

Editing Matches in Continuity Editing: Direction Match

Answer 14

• person or object is moves in one continuous motion across scenes
• person a exits frame left, must enter new scene from right

Question 15

Editing Matches in Continuity Editing: Movement Match

Answer 15

action begun in one shot is continued or completed in next shot

Question 16

Editing Matches in Continuity Editing: Graphic Match

Answer 16

• Any juxtaposition of graphically similar images – composition/ structure/ similar shapes

Question 17

Editing Matches in Continuity Editing: Rhythmic Match

Answer 17

• any juxtaposition of images with actions moving at similar rates of speed

Question 18

Standard Shot Pattern

Answer 18

1. Establishing Shot
2. Master Shot
3. Shot / Reverse Shot

Question 19

Establishing Shot

Answer 19

• typically long or extreme long shot
• near beginning of film/sequence/scene
• broad view (mimics perception)

Question 20

Master Shot

Answer 20

• single shot that contains the whole scene

Question 21

Cross Cut

Answer 21

editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occurring simultaneously in two different places

Question 22

Parallel Cut

Answer 22

editing of two or more lines of action with no temporal connection between them.
- used for associated/ symbolic purposes

Question 23

Shot/ Reverse Shot

Answer 23

• typically in conversation
• 180 degree rule used
• two shots linked

Question 24

Tempo is affected by two factors..

Answer 24

• the length of each shot

- type of shot transition

Question 25

Narrative Sequencing

Answer 25

the arrangement of images to depict a unified story time

Question 26

Cutaway

Answer 26

a shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters

Question 27

30 Degree Rule

Answer 27

• dictates that the camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
• gives dramatic purpose