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Film Topics:
Editing
Mr. Skaar
ALHS Film Studies
Introduction
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Physically, editing is joining one
strip of film (shot) with another
Shots are joined into scenes.
Editing connects one shot with
another, one scene with another.
Editing is the “Syntax” of cinema.
Topics of Discussion
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Continuity
D.W. Griffith and Classical Cutting
Soviet Montage and the Formalist
Tradition
Andre Bazin and the Tradition of
Realism
Hitchcock’s North by Northwest:
Storyboard Version
Continuity
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Early film one long shot with a
single take
Cutting to Continuity: Preservation
of the fluidity of an event without
literally showing all of it.
 Establishing
 Jump
Shot
Cut
 Reestablishing Shot
D.W. Griffith and
Classical Cutting
Classical Cutting: Editing for
dramatic intensity and emotional
emphasis rather than for purely
physical reasons
 Use of long, medium, and close-up
shots
 Reaction Shot
 Opposed to Master Shot or
Sequence Shot
D.W. Griffith and
Classical Cutting
Classical Cutting: Terms
 First Cut
 Final Cut
 Cover Shots
 180 Degree Rule
 Reverse Angle
 Parallel Editing (Cross-Cutting)
 Flash-Back, Flash-Forward
Soviet Montage and the
Formalist Tradition
Montage: The theoretical premises
for thematic editing (Sergei
Eisenstein)
 Psychological theories of Pavlov
 Use of cutting for symbolic
purposes
 Expressionism
 Reflects dialectical tension
 Manipulative
Andre Bazin and the
Tradition of Realism
Realism: The belief that film
presents its own interpretation
 Personalism: The viewer should
provide their own interpretation
 Devices
 Deep-Focus
 Widescreen
 Synchronized
Sound
 Sequence Shot
Hitchcock’s Storyboard
Method
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Every scene preplanned with
detailed drawings
Film maker (editor) films and
composes the film from those
shots as a composer of music.
Nothing left to chance.
Additional Terms