Editing Techniques
Cutting back and forth between actions in multiple locations to indicate that the events happen simultaneously
What is crosscutting (parallel editing)?
the joining of two shots
What is a cut?
When an image gradually darkens to black
What is fade-out?
The common editing tradition in Hollywood
What is Continuity Editing?
This rule prevents jarring effect by instructing that Shot B must be taken from a position 30 degrees more than Shot A's position.
What is 30-Degree rule?
Shot B matches the gaze of the character in Shot A
What is eyeline match?
Shot A has character X looking in one direction and Shot B has character B looking back
What is Shot/Reverse Shot?
Superimposing Shot B over Shot A
What is dissolve?
The filmmaker who proposed dialectical/intellectual/soviet montage
Who is Sergei Eisenstein?
This rule imagines an axis of action that bisects a conversation scene
What is 180 degree rule?
Shot A and Shot B are linked by similarity in the dominant shape within the shots
What is graphic match?
Condensing time by cutting to a different action and returning to the first event at a later time
What is a cutaway?
Shot A replaced by Shot B using a line across the frame
What is wipe?
Intercutting conflicting or unrelated images to generate an idea in the viewer
What is soviet (or intellectual) montage?
Cutting shots according to determined paces or tempos
What is rhythmic editing?
Shot B matches the continuity of action in Shot A
What is Match on Action?
Shot A has character x looking, Shot B shows what the character is looking at
What is point-of-view shots?
Shot A is masked by a black circle
What is Iris?
The filmmaker responsible for popularizing jump cuts
Who is Jean-Luc Godard?
What is an insert?
Shot B shows the character's response to something shown in Shot A
What is a reaction shot?
Shot B shows character's response to something shown in Shot A
What is reaction shot?
Black screen brightens into Shot B
What is fade-in?
Which filmmaker is credited for the use of crosscutting in narrative cinema?
D.W.Griffith
Editing style that calls attention to editing
What is disjunctive editing?