MEDST 200 Final Review Sheet FINAL CUT PRO Primer EDITING II Classical Post classical Limits of Classical and Post Classical Decoupage o 1930 s 1960 s o Characterized by continuity editing develop and preserve coherent space and time o 1960 s onward o Challenges classical decoupage o Editing depends on process of narrativity viewer makes inferences to establish connections to follow story etc Russia 1920 s experimented with Kuleshov effect EG of Hollywood films stretching creative limits of continuity system o Dead Men Don t Wear Plaid Steve Martin film interspersed with scenes of Humphrey Bogart from different film o Double Indemnity Walter and blonde woman DMDWP scene of seduction Hollywood films stretching creative limits of continuity system o The Birds integrates POV shots angles accentuate distorted events images convey tension and anxiety pace and length control of shots intensifies scenes o The French Connection subway chase scene provides little knowledge of whereabouts directions and eyelines maintained to create suspense POV shots and subjective camera movements o Psycho shower scene breaks space time and sound into small distorted and abstract fragments graphic match between eye and shower drain circular shapes o Titanic stretches continuity system by expanding time o LA Confidential CU shots bring audience closer to action spacial relations ambiguous fast pace of editing despite uncertainty of scene EG of intentional rejection of continuity system where editing becomes expressive o Potemkin Odessa Steps scene lacks establishing shot eyeline matches POV shots clear temporal relations but instead includes 360 degree editing time expansion Conflict Montage keeps audience interested in parallel between content violent chaotic military attack on people and form of editing violent chaotic editing o Buffalo 66 edits in the round 360 degree dysfunctional and disorienting editing parallels the dysfunction of family EDITING III Alternative Modes of Editing Case Studies o EG The Big Sleep Sabotage birdcage dinner scene includes good MS back and forth between husband and wife CU on changing facial expressions POV from wife to birdcage follows axis of action eyeline match between husband and wife LA Confidential see above Avant Garde films focus on graphic and rhythmic relations instead of narrative o EG Chicago Cell Block Tango time and space is irrelevant cutting focuses on motion and matches music and rhythm mix of CU MS LS Psycho shower scene see above A Movie symbolic function footage found on editing floor not compiled by filmmaker film argues about evolution footage not dependent on coherence of space and time although it does follow some rules of continuity editing The Path see notes Breathless schematic approach employs mismatches and jump cuts SOUND and AUDIO Soundtrack composed of o Dialogue o Music o Effects o Spatial Selective perception ear filters out irrelevant sounds Relations between Sound and Image Diegetic sounds appears to come from space seen on screen External heard by observer on screen Citizen Kane quality of sound echoes indicates nature of relationship distant and deep depth of field Red Desert sound effects highlight environment industrial factory North by Northwest vase drops gunshot off screen Internal sound still part of story but not seen on screen EG EG Psycho Marian s thoughts during escape in car Scanners man hears thoughts of hospital patients Nondiegetic sound does not appear to come from space on screen North by Northwest cliff scene music contributes to suspense Letter From Siberia voice over used in 3 different ways to depict same images in 3 different senses positive negative neutral o Temporal Synchronous sound appears to coincide with image on screen North by Northwest vase crashes sound is heard gunshot heard result is seen Nonsynchronous sound and image do not appear to match on screen EG EG EG Singin in the Rain theater presenting film sound and image get knocked out of synchronization The Conversation professional eavesdropper trying to overhear conversation he must unmix audio to isolate dialogue track Vivre Sa Vie My Life To Live prostitute speaking in car and throughout rest of scene but images do not match her talking A Married Woman French subtitles to lessen taboo topic sex dialogue volume decreases while restaurant noise increases La Vie est a nous Life is Ours French Communist Party Mussolini and Hitler s voices drowned by sound effects of bombs cannons gunshots dog barking NARRATIVE FILMS SHORT NARRATIVE FILMS Follows rules one main character one problem continuous story time Avoids multiple subplots mockumentaries special effects EG o La Mort Du Rat Death of Rat o How They Get There NARRATIVE EG Plot presents elements characters events etc that viewer watches and interprets o Depicted events nondiegetic sound you fill in gaps o May or may not be chronological Story constructed on basis of plot o Depicted events diegesis what you see on screen o Chronological o Citizen Kane News on the March scene story of Kane s life told but not in chronological order bc there are ellipses o North by Northwest opening and titles establishing shot of NYC architecture Cary Grant and secretary leaving building viewer applies cues and makes inferences constructing diegesis Range of Narration o Restricted audience knows only as much as character s know s Suitable for mystery and detective films for element of surprise and bewilderment The Maltese Falcon audience learns with character why man was shot o Unrestricted audience knows more than character s Suitable for epic films with different lines of action and suspense omniscient narration Silence of the Lambs audience knows all about serial killer Depth of Narration how much access audience has to character s mind and psychological state o Objective limited to external characteristics what character says or does The Maltese Falcon end scene Silence of the Lambs o Subjective shows character s perceptual or psychological state POV EG EG EG EG North by Northwest shooting punching scene Cary Grant listening to villains perceptual Taxi Driver Robert DeNiro s inner thoughts psychological Murder My Sweet detective knocked over head thinking to himself psychological detective drugged and seeing elaborate hallucinations deeper psychological state Being John Malkovich spectator sees through eyes of JM looking in mirror Meshes of the Afternoon delves deep into consciousness of main character Space of