FILM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shot Reverse Shot, Classical Hollywood Cinema, 180-Degree Rule

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: FILM 1000
• Professor: Jose Sanchez

Document Summary

> objective: to present stories in seamless, transparent, + linear ways. > form: effect on editing techniques designed to maintain certain narrative continuity. > how they contribute to storytelling (how the influence narrative form) > system of editing: to maintain continuous + clear narrative action by matching screen direction, position, + temporal relations from shot to shot. ==> to produce continuity of action between shots. ==> to create rhythm appropriate to action + dramatic conflict. > spatial continuity 180 degree rule: establishing shot/ re-establishing shot, shot/ reverse shot, eyeline match/ pov shot. > four basic areas of choice & control . > construction of space along axis of action. > inform us about spatial boundaries of action & create omniscience (all-knowing + all-seeing effect that we associate with objectivity) which produces an effect of detachment & impartiality. ==> order: chronological arrangement of events in sequence, or in successive chain of cause-effect.