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Reading the Moving Image - Week Three Lecture Notes (Types of…
Reading the Moving Image - Week Three Lecture Notes
Editing
Editing vs. Montage?
Classical Hollywood
Continuity
Editing
– Chronological,
linear
storytelling
Montage
– Flash backs, flash forwards, dream sequences, parallel editing, intercutting, MTV style,
art film style
The Two Terms
Used Interchangeably
Walter Murch’s Six Rules
of Editing
Emotional
There should be emotional value in an edit
Story
Does it help you understand the story?
Rhythm
Maintains rhythm of the scene
Eye Trace
Does it lead your eye to where the director wants it?
2D Plane
The screen is a 2D surface
3D Use of Space
The space that is being filmed is 3D
Definition
The
Techniques
That Informs Our Understanding of the
Relationships Between Shots
The Task and
Selecting and Joining
Camera Takes
Montage
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Literally - 'to assemble'
Compresses time, space and information
by attaching shots to one another
The '
Kuleshov Effect
'
Demonstrates that
a shot only has meaning in relation to other shots
The same close up shown after different images to change its meaning
Techniques
Parallel Editing
Cutting between two
simultaneous events
, in order to
contrast
them
Cutting, Cutaways and Intercutting
Cutaways
Where one continuously filmed scene is
interrupted
by a view of something else, usually the shot will return to the first scene
Jump Cut
Once a sign of poor craftsmanship, but is now used and accepted
Multiple takes a scene being put together, but with slight differences (position, colour, etc.), resulting in some 'jumping'
Graphic Matches
Matching the general shape
of a scene or object to indicate passing/linking of time
Transitioning
Dissolve
Indicates
Passing of Time
Change of Location
We're Seeing Characters Thoughts, Emotions, Dreams
Effectively builds association between images and ideas
Fade In/Out
Indicated Beginning or End
Wipe
Creates a Feeling of
Nostalgia
– wipes are no longer in common use
Iris/Mask Transitions
Leads the Eye
Types of
Relationships Between Shots
Temporal
Spatial
Narrative
Rhythmic
Thematic
Graphic