Editing

Question 1

The cut

Answer 1

The break between

Question 2

Temporality

Answer 2

The time between cuts

Question 3

Straight cut

Answer 3

One shot ends and another begins abruptly. This is by far the most common type of cut.

Question 4

Fade-in/Fade out

Answer 4

The image gradually darkens to or brightness from black. Commonly used for particular effect.

Question 5

Dissolve

Answer 5

One shot is gradually superimposed over the other. Used for particular effect.

Question 6

Iris

Answer 6

Screen is covered in black from edges to centre

Question 7

wipe

Answer 7

Subsequent image replaces previous image in horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. Iris and wipe cuts are much less common.

Question 8

Continuity editing

Answer 8

“invisible” editing where “each shot has a continuous relationship to the next”

Question 9

Establishing shots

Answer 9

An initial shot (often a long shot) that establishes location.

Question 10

Two shot

Answer 10

Medium range shot of characters to establish location for conversation.

Question 11

Over-the-shoulder shots

Answer 11

Camera positioned behind and over the shoulder of one character, then alternating to another.

Question 12

Insert

Answer 12

Typically a close up that draws attention to important details.

Question 13

180-degree rule

Answer 13

“restricts possible camera setups to the 180-degree area on one side of an imaginary line (the axis of action) drown between the character or figures of a scene”

Question 14

Shot/reverse shot

Answer 14

one character looks in one direction offscreen, followed by another character looking offscreen in the opposite direction.

Question 15

Eye line match

Answer 15

one character looks in one direction offscreen, followed by a character or object with matching screen position

Question 16

POV shoots

Answer 16

camera positioned to see through the eyes of character.

Question 17

Match on action

Answer 17

Direction and pace of action match between shots.

Question 18

Graphic match

Answer 18

When patterns, shapes, colours, match between shots (more abstract)

Question 19

Story time

Answer 19

The length of time covering the events shown onscreen and the events inferred arranged in chronological order.

Question 20

Plot time

Answer 20

Length of time covering the events explicitly shown onscreen.

Question 21

screen time

Answer 21

Length of time film takes to tell its story.

Question 22

Scene

Answer 22

Series of shots in a continuous action or motif across scenes.

Question 23

sequence

Answer 23

Series of shots linked through continuous action or motif across scenes.

Question 24

Flashbacks and flash forwards

Answer 24

Events shown out of chronological order; when a scene in present is followed by one in past (flashback) or future (flashforward) Ambiguous temporality means it isnt clear when a scene takes place relative to story.

Question 25

Duration

Answer 25

Length of time used to present an event or action in a plot. This may not conform to the length of time that passes in the story”

Question 26

Ellipsis

Answer 26

Abridgement of time through editing.

Question 27

Crosscutting

Answer 27

Alternating two or more events in two locations, usually happening simultaneously.

Question 28

Overlapping editing

Answer 28

Same moment of action presented in two or more shots.

Question 29

Pace

Answer 29

“The tempo at which a film seems to move, influenced by the duration of individual shots and the style of editing”

Question 30

long takes

Answer 30

Shots that are comparatively lengthy in their duration,

Question 31

Rhythm

Answer 31

The organization of editing according to different paces or tempos determined by how quickly cuts are made.

Question 32

Disjunctive editing

Answer 32

The use of practices and patterns that reject continuity editing style

Question 33

Jump cut

Answer 33

elliptical cut that creates discontinuities

Question 34

Juxtapositions

Answer 34

Cut that results in unexpected, discontinuous contrast.

Question 35

Montage

Answer 35

although commonly used to refer to elliptical sequences, in Film Studies montage (originating with Soviet filmmakers in 1920s) is the concept of “cutting together of conflicting or unrelated images to generate an idea or emotion in the viewer”