FILM 1502 1st Edition Lecture 9Outline of Last Lecture I. Quiz 1: Mise-en-scène and CinematographyII. What were the origins of film editing and how did it change over time?III. What are the key elements, styles, and rules of film editing?IV. How does editing impact our understanding of cinematic space and time?Outline of Current Lecture I. What is the larger significance of film editing? How does it make meaning?II. In what ways is film editing affective (impacts how you feel)?III. Discussion: Though The French Connection is clearly a narrative film; in what ways does it play with documentary form through its editing and style?Current LectureFilm Editing and Meaning 9/25Quiz 1 Answers:1) C, off-screen2) A, sound mixing3) C, deep focus4) C, 4:35) Referent systems 6) False7) True8) True9) False10) A, relationship b/w frames width and height11) D, physical and emotional response12) B, lens used to squeeze images for widescreen13) C, analytical system of signs and meaning 14) Apparent motion, persistence of visionContinuity Editing- Continuity editing and verisimilitude-way that films organize content to make believe film o The invisible style: not notice different shots, not notice film apparatus, hide shotso “seamlessness” - Spatial continuity-how understand space watching o Establishing shot-show/ defines scene, introduce environment These 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.o Two shot-move in closer, two people standing in a shot, move away o Insert-cut away to something that will happen, resets scene, narrative reason, stepping awayo 180 degree rule: line of action, passed makes film hard to follow o 30 degree rule: move camera more than 30 degrees, re-addressed space working with o shot/ reverse shot: looking at character, character looking backo eye line match: character looking off-screen - temporal continuity o chronology: create an order in time even when there isn’t, altering perception of timeo flashback/ forward: fading/ transition, B&W, change in character look, different perspectiveo ellipsis: all lost time, breaks where time changed, ex. Running sequenceo cut away: shot placed w/i action to break away, something very different, return to what we were seeingPacing and editing (how quickly cuts happen)- movement - graphic: 2001 bone floating and satellite, two objects look similar put back to back o graphic match- rhythmic: cutting in a rhythm, w/ music- ex. The French Connection o chase subway sequence-compressing and expanding time while drivingo creating tension and reducing etc. o movement editing-invisible styleo ellipsis-compressing time watching them take apart the car, don’t see the whole
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