Russian Film
Who is Lenin
In order to effectively show the back and forth of dialogue, editors will often use these types of shots
What is shot reverse shot?
The name of the abrupt replacement of one image with another image reminds us of the function of scissors
What is a hard cut?
What is eyeline match?
If Lola cannot get the money in time, Manni plans to rob this kind of store
What is a grocery store?
Dziga Vertov's coined the term Kino-Eye in relation to this experimental documentary
What is Man with a Movie Camera?
This "rule" of film ensures that actions occur on the same side of the screen
What is the 180 degree rule?
This kind of transition is when a shot morphs into an all-black or all-white screen.
What is a fade-out/fade-in?
This type of match is a fundamental component of continuity editing, especially in films like John Wick, Fast & Furious, and Mission: Impossible.
What is match on action?
The emotional connection an audience makes between two images juxtaposed together was discovered by this famous Russian educator
Who is Kuleshov?
This director is credited with creating the Soviet Montage Theory
Who is Sergei Eisenstein?
This principle editing expresses the way in which film editing conveys the passage of time
What is ellipses?
When one image disappears while another slowly appears, it is known as this type of cut
What is a dissolve?
This type of match cuts together to objects or images that share a compositional similarity
What is graphic match?
This type of sound can be heard by the characters in the film.
What is diegetic?
The Odessa Steps sequence is a famous example of montage in this important film
What is Battleship Potemkin
Filmmakers show two different sequences by using this principle of editing.
What is cross-cutting?
When a cut takes place in the same physical space but occurs at a later moment in time, it is referred to as this type of cut.
What is a jump cut?
A filmmaker will employ this type of cut in order to make it appear as if the film is one long take
What is an invisible cut?
This character tells Mookie to "Always Do the Right Thing"
Who is Da Mayor?
This method of montage juxtaposes shots based on the emotional connection between the images
What is tonal montage
This term borrowed from geometry describes when action in two separate locations are edited together to express their simultaneity?
What is parallel editing?
Often an experimental technique, this type of edit lays one image on top of another
What is a superimposition?
Director Alfred Hitchcock matches a shower drain with an eyeball in this important film from cinema history
What is Psycho?
This type of shot continues for an unusually long time without edits
What is a long take?