Showing posts with label Editing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Editing. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 October 2011

Action Shots + Teachers Notes



The use of very quick and short shots. These are usually used in action movies to add drama and action to the scene.

Wipe Editing + Teachers Notes



A transition between shots where a line passes across the screen, eliminating the first shot while adding the new shot behind it. Usually used in action and adventure movies because of it being a very dynamic way of swapping shots.

Dissolve Editing + Teacher Notes



A transition between two shots which the first image gradually disappears while the second image gradually appears.

Parallel Editing + Teaching Notes



Editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occuring in two different places, usually at the same time.

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Hollywood Montage + Teacher Notes



In classical Hollywood cinema a 'monatge sequence' is a short segement in a film in which narrative information is presented in a condensed fashion.

Soviet Montage + Teacher Notes



The highly political soviet style of the 1920's which sort to create a new meaning out of seemingly unconnected shots.

Continuity Editing + Teacher Notes



The viewer should not notice the cuts, and shots should flow together naturally. Hence, the sequence of shots should seem continuous

Editing