VCULT100 Chapter 1: Editing
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Cut: instantaneous change from one shot to another. Dissolve: superimposes the end of a shot with another shot. Wipe: shot b replaces shot a by a line moving across the screen. Editing offers four basic areas of choice: graphic relations between shot a and b. Graphic match: link shots by graphic similarities (eg. head turns into a ball of next scene: rhythmic relations between shot a and b. Flash frames: eg. a cut to white after getting punched: spatial relations between shot a and b. Kuleshov effect: editing makes viewers assume that the actor"s expression has changed (eg. man shot cut with food shot makes him look hungry: temporal relations between shot a and b. Editing shapes chronologically: there is the order of shots. Condensing/expansion duration: editing to alter the duration of story events. Elliptical editing: presents an action in a way that consumes less time on the screen than it does in the story.