Editing techniques and transition types used to analyze film construction, such as montage and continuity editing.
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- What is continuity editing?
- Editing technique that maintains spatial and temporal continuity to create a seamless narrative flow.
- Define a jump cut.
- A cut within the same shot or from a similar angle that removes time, creating a jarring effect.
- What is cross-cutting?
- Alternating between two or more scenes happening simultaneously in different locations.
- Define montage.
- Rapid sequence of shots edited together to convey theme, emotion, or the passage of time.
- What happens in a fade transition?
- Image gradually darkens to black or lightens from black, creating a pause between scenes.
- Define a dissolve transition.
- One image gradually fades out while another fades in, briefly overlapping before one disappears.
- What is a wipe transition?
- One image appears to push or wipe the previous image off screen in a specific direction.
- Define a cut transition.
- Instantaneous switch from one shot to the next with no transition effect or overlap.
- What is a match cut?
- Cut between two shots whose visual elements, composition, or movement correspond or align.
- Define an insert shot.
- Close-up shot of a specific object or detail inserted into a scene for emphasis or clarity.
- What is an establishing shot?
- Wide shot that shows the setting and spatial context at the beginning of a scene.
- Define a reaction shot.
- Shot showing a character's facial or physical response to an event or dialogue.
- What is a reverse shot?
- Shot taken from the opposite camera angle at the same location, typically facing the opposite direction.
- Define eyeline match.
- Cut that follows the direction a character's gaze, showing what they are looking at in the next shot.
- What is shot-reverse-shot editing?
- Alternating between shots of two characters as they interact, each viewed from the other's perspective.
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