INI100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Cinematic Techniques, Jump Cut, Ellipse
10 Dec 2012
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Chapter 6: the relation of shot to shot (editing) Today, a typical movie has between 1,000 and 2,000 shots while an action movie has. Editing lets the filmmaker decide what shots to include and how they will be arranged. After material has been selected, the editor joins the shots, the end of one to the beginning of the other. It provides an instantaneous change from one shot to another. Fade-out = gradually darkens the end of a shot to black. Dissolve = briefly superimposes the end of a shot a and the beginning of shot b. Wipe = shot b replaces shot a by means of a boundary line moving across the scree. Editing allow the filmmaker to manipulate time, space and pictorial qualities in ways that shape the viewer"s experience of the film. Dimensions of film editing: graphic relations between shot a and shot b.
