FILM TV 122D Lecture Notes - 30-Degree Rule, 180-Degree Rule, Pillarbox
2 Jun 2018
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FTV 122D – FILM EDITING
Grammar & Editing Concepts - Study Guide – Spring 2017
© Karen Smalley – UCLA FTV 122D Spring 2017 Page 1
Quiz 2 will be short answer and multiple choice.
Please read all four chapters of the Grammar of the Edit text (and its glossary) and the
handouts. Using your class notes and the list of clips shown, concentrate on the following:
• Four types of transitions – descriptions, functions, meaning – Ch. 1 & Ch. 4
• Basic shot types – Ch. 2
o Shot types by composition – (WS, MS, OTS and 2S etc)
o Know the difference between CU, BCU (Choker) & ECU/XCU
• Shot “functions” (establishing & insert shots) – class discussion
• Aspect Ratios – Ch. 2 & handouts
o 1.33:1 (4x3) – traditional Standard Definition (SD) TV
o 1.78:1 (16x9) – modern High Definition (HD) TV
o 1.85:1 – 35mm theatre
o 2.35: 1 – Wide Screen Cinemascope 70mm theatre
o Letterbox, Pillarbox, and Pan & Scan
• Simple, Complex & “Developing” Shots – Ch. 2
Know what defines a Simple shot, and the categories and types of Complex Shots:
o Lens Movement – 2 types
o Camera Movement – 2 types
o Mount Movement – many types
• Criteria for Shot Selection (for quiz, concentrate on bold/underlined items) – Ch. 2 & 3
o Focus
o Audio Quality
o Exposure / Color Temperature
o Framing & Composition
o Screen Direction
o 180 degree rule
o 30 degree rule
o Matching Angles (composition; particularly in shot/reverse shot editing)
o Matching Eye-line (takes us from someone looking in one shot to what they are
looking at in the next – do we believe they are looking in the right place? Different
from Eye Trace and from Subjective POV)
o Continuity – (Action / Performance / Dialogue / Content) - Continuity Errors
• Point of View shots
o Subjective POV – see (and experience) through a character’s eyes
o Objective shots – neutral shots – omniscient, no emotional connection
• Walter Murch’s Rule of Six – his philosophy on what motivates shot selection
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Document Summary
Quiz 2 will be short answer and multiple choice. Please read all four chapters of the grammar of the edit text (and its glossary) and the handouts. Using your class notes and the list of clips shown, concentrate on the following: four types of transitions descriptions, functions, meaning ch. 2: shot types by composition (ws, ms, ots and 2s etc, know the difference between cu, bcu (choker) & ecu/xcu, shot functions (establishing & insert shots) class discussion, aspect ratios ch. Grammar & editing concepts - study guide spring 2017. Ftv 122d film editing: five types of edits ch. 4: 1) action edit or match cut or match on action edit. Action or movement begins in one shot and is continued in the next from a new camera angle or composition. Cutting on motion can lengthen or shorten the time the action is onscreen.
