FILM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: François Truffaut, Potemkin Stairs, Dont

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

Document Summary

> any alternative system of editing shots using techniques that aren"t considered appropriate in continuity editing system. > techniques that are used to locate spacial & temporal continuity (discontinuity under construction) > most common techniques are: elliptical editing, intellectual montage, graphic. > continuity editing is meant to make film invincible narrator takes over. > characters change positions & background remains the same/ characters remain the same & background changes. > developed in 1920s by filmmakers in soviet union. > emphasis on graphic & compositional qualities of shot. > production of meaning through combination & juxtaposition of shots. > emphasizes dynamic, often discontinuous, relationship between shots. > shots edited together to emphasize their difference: collision with each other. > audience must play active part in producing/ reading meaning from film. ~ kuleshov"s effect: im & plate of soup = hunger, im & baby = happiness, im & coffin = sadness.