FILM 1900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Master Shot, Time Complexity, Establishing Shot
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All concrete, physical spaces that the filmmaker juxtaposes (or presents side by side): by connecting these spaces together through the editing process, the filmmaker is able guide the spectator"s understanding of the spatial relations among them; Ii) by connecting them together an overall mental geography is developed or built of the narrative space in the spectator"s mind; to. Spatial unity and continuity: within a single scene, among the different scenes. Thus, the ways in which the different spaces are connected/stitched together within a single scene and also, among the different scenes; Spatial unity presents the coherent, unified space of the whole narrative (the entire film). Ii) from one scene to the next (scene 1 scene 2, 3 etc. ) In continuity narratives: the narrative is presented in continuous linear time: within a single scene, and also, Ii) how the different scenes are strung together like a beaded chain.