FILM 2120 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I. Costume and makeup II. Lighting III. Staging and acting Outline of Current Lecture IV. Editing V. TransitionsVI. Areas of control Current LectureA) Editing 1) The coordination of one shot with the next shot 2) shot=uninterrupted segment of screen time and space o Camera turns on, camera turns off o Example: Raging bull, we see a boxing scene with 14 different shots, this shows intensity and it shows what it’s physically like to go through a boxing match B) Transitions1) Every scene has a different stylistic choice 2) Cut-change between two shots 3) Dissolve-one shot dissolves and one shot comes in at the same time 4) Fade in/fade out-used in a narrative scene to mark the beginning or end of a scene, indicates time 5) Wipe – two shots in scene but separated by dividing line o Vertical or horizontal line that “wipes” a screeno Example: star wars has many wipes C) Areas of ControlThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1) Graphic-picture relationship between one picture and another o Symbols reveal different shot behind it o Graphic match of Kane’s mansion window in each scene (Citizen Kane) 2) Rhythmic-shots syncopated with the music, rhythm of cuts go along with the rhythm of the music 3) Spatial control-cut from a shot in one spot and then cut to another spot o Can use editing to create false spaceo Example: Dad walks on campus and the next shot is him by the pool, in real life the pool was all the way across campus but they created “false space” to think the scenes were right next to each other 4) Temporal:o Flashbacko Flash-forward-not as common as flashback o Expansion-show scene more than once, you’re expanding the amount of time the event takes o Ellipses-condense amount of time in a film - Romance films-show a relationship of six months in a matter of two
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