Editing: The Circular Shot Flashcards
The montage of conflicting shots and the collision of the fast paced editing now give way to the spectacular ________ shots which will morph Rocket from a young man to a boy, and the favela to its former days of low rise shacks and open spaces.
Circling
The meeting up of two of the principal characters initiates the story, the circular shot will provide the bridge between what they were and what they will _______.
Become
In the stand-off Rocket is in the middle with the police behind him and the gang in front, not part of either faction.
This is a position he will maintain as the ______ voice of the film.
Neutral
Rocket is also the person who has sealed Ze’s notoriety by taking photographs of his gang that have made the front page of the newspapers.
At the end of the film we will return to this scene and Rocket will take more pictures, only this time it will be of ______ bribing the police.
We can remind ourselves that what we are seeing is Rocket’s version of events.
Ze
To interrupt this action, take us into flashback and begin Rocket’s commentary, we have a ________ shot as he begins to turn his head.
A jump cut to behind Rocket shows the gang in the distance.
As he enters the story as its teller he starts to turn round, his arms still extended.
Medium
Rocket is caught between the rock of the cops and the hard place of the ______.
Gang
The camera completes a second clockwise 360 degree turn, Rocket centre screen.
The scene dissolves into young Rocket still centre screen, now dressed in a _____ shirt.
The crowded buildings turn into one story simple shacks, the colour turns from cold grey-blue to warm yellow.
Yellow
The camera movement continues in a third turn.
The title on screen informs us it’s the _________
Sixties
This scene when replayed will turn into a pitched and bloody battle but now instead of crowded streets there is open space.
Rocket still has him arms out, not to catch a chicken but to try and stop a ________.
Football
In the stand-off Rocket is in the middle with the ______ behind him and the gang in front, not part of either faction.
Gang
