Film Form Terminology Flashcards
What is Continuity Editing?
Continuity Editing sustains continuity and makes cuts ‘invisible’ to the audience, allowing them to follow the action as if it unfolds in real time.
What does Continuity Editing achieve in terms of event presentation?
It presents events in the correct order and identifies and maintains spatial relationships.
What is the Shot / Reverse Shot technique?
It involves showing an image of someone looking and then showing what they are looking at.
What is the 180 Degree Rule?
When editing a sequence, imagine a line across the action; every shot should stay on one side of that line to avoid confusing the viewer.
What is Action Match in editing?
Cutting from one shot to another as something happens, creating the impression of real-time action.
What is an Eyeline Match?
Cutting from a person looking at something to what they see, with the camera at the same level as the person’s eyes.
What is Fragmented Editing?
Editing that makes the audience aware of the film’s construction, often to create a surreal atmosphere or to suggest something about a character.
List techniques an editor can use to fragment time and space.
- Parallel Editing / Cross-Cutting
- Flashback / Flashforward
- Titles
- Manipulation of Colour and Sound
- Slow or Fast Motion
- Freeze Frames
- Montage
- Jump Cuts
What is an Intellectual Montage?
A montage that conveys a theme or idea through the juxtaposition of images.
Why might an editor use a Jump Cut on a character?
To create a sense of urgency or to show the passage of time in a non-linear way.
What does Fragmented Editing aim to achieve?
It aims to make the viewer actively question what they are seeing and to blur the lines between time and space.