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Film CH8 EDITING
Film CH8 EDITING
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 4
03/07/2013

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Editing
Definition
basic creative force of cinema, is the process by which the editor combines and coordinates individual shots into a cinematic whole
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cutting or splicing
Definition
joining togeteher of two shots
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flashback
Definition
the interruption of chronological plot time with a shot or series of shots that show an event that has happened earlier in the story
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flash forward
Definition
the interruption of present action by a shot or series of shots that shows images from the plots future
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ellipsis
Definition
an omission between one thing and another, manipulation of time through editing
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continuity editing
Definition
seamless or invisible editing because it flows so smoothly that we are not distracted by the cuts
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discontinuity editing
Definition
editing calls attention to itself
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Shot
Definition
basic building block of film editing
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Cut
Definition
most fundamental tool
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Montage
Definition
controlling the presentation of time in a film
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Duration
Definition
editing determines the ______of a shot
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an editor can control the ______(or beat)of a film
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rhythm
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speed
Definition
tempo
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content curve
Definition
the point which we have absorbed all we need to know
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These visual and aural images establish a slow deliberate pattern of
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duration, sound and movement.
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master shot
Definition
sometimes called an establishing shot
more of a shot type than an editing shot
important to continuity editing
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cover shot
Definition
often referred to as the master shot
editor can repeat it later in the film to remind the audience of the location
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reshoot
Definition
make additional photography
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screen direction
Definition
the direction of a figures or objects movement on the screen
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180 degree system
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180 degree rule
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axis of action
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imaginary line
an imaginary horizontal line between the main characters being photographed determines where the camera should be placed to preserve screen direction and thus one aspect of continuity
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reverse angle shot
Definition
one in which the angle of shooting is opposite to that in a preceding shot or to dolly or zoom out to include more people or actions
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shot/reverse shot
Definition
one of the most common and familiar of all editing patterns is a technique in which the camera and editor switches between shots of different characters, usually in a conversation or other interaction
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match on action cut
Definition
shows us the continuation of a characters or objects motion through space without actually showing us the entire action
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graphic match cut
Definition
the similarity between shots A and B is in the shape and form of what we see
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eye line match cut
Definition
Joins shot A, a point of view of a person looking off screen in one direction, and shot B the person or object that is the object of that gaze
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parallel editing
Definition
cutting together of two or more lines of action that occur simultaneously at different locations or that occur at different times
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crosscutting
Definition
editing that cuts between two or more actions occurring at the same time, and usually in the same place
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Intercutting
Definition
editing two or more actions taking place at the same time but with the difference that it creates the effect of a single scene rather than of two distinct actions
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point of view editing
Definition
used to cut from shot A, a point of view shot with the character looking toward something offscreen, directly to shot B , using a match on action shot or an eye line match shot of what the character is actually looking at.

subjective shots that show a scene exactly the way the character sees it
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jump cut
Definition
presents an instantaneous advance in the action, a sudden perhaps illogical often disorientting ellipsis between two shots caused by the absence of a portion of the film that would have provided continuity
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fade-in/fade-out
Definition
transitional devices that allow a scene to open or close slowly
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dissolve
Definition
lap dissolve, transitional device in which shot B, superimposed, gradually appears over shot A, and begins to replace it midway through the process
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wipe
Definition
transitional device often indicating a change of time place, or location, in which shot B wipes across shot A vertically, horizontally, or diagonally to replace it.
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iris shot
Definition
everything is blacked out except for what is seen through a keyhole, telescope, crack in the wall, or binoculars, depending on the actual shape of the iris or the point of view with which the viewer is expected to identify
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iris-in/iris out
Definition
named after the iris diaphragm which controls the amount of light passing through a camera lens, in which the wipe is usually a circle
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freeze frame
Definition
still image within a movie created by repetitive printing in the laboratory of the same frame so that it can be seen without movement for whatever length of time the filmmaker desires
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split screen
Definition
has been mainstream since 1913, produces an effect that is similar to parallel editing in its ability to tell two or more stories at the same cinematic time, whether or not they are actually happening at the same time or even in the same place
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