Glossary of Film Technique
- 1. Technique Why would this technique be used? Give a detailed film example and discuss the purpose of this and the effect this has on the audience. Seamless Cuts between shots are matched to action with seamless editing. It makes you watch something and not even realise that it is edited A example of Seamless in a movie is in the movie birdman, here’s a video talking about the birdman’s seamlessness https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=XxXWs74dKnE Continuity editing These are cuts that take us seamlessly and logically from one sequence or scene to another. This is an cut that serves to move the narrative along A example of Continuity editing in the film, Hangover III https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=XxXWs74dKnE Motivated Cutting from one shot to the nest for a reason A example of this Technique is in the movie the green mile https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=MDIe0YqFuzI Montage the process or technique of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of film to form a continuous whole. A Example of this technique is in all of the rocky movies, https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Hj0jzepk0WA Jump Cutting (in film or television) an abrupt transition from one scene to another. A example of this is technique is in the opeing scene of the movie Snatch https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7vWxU7tclsw Parallel editing/cross cut Parallel editing is a technique whereby cutting occurs between two or more related actions occurring at the same time in two separate locations or different points in time. D. W. Griffith is often cited for A example of this technique is in the movie the godfather, https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=S_I82117oAw
- 2. his use of this technique. 180 degree rule In film making, the 180- degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. A example of this technique is in one of the great games ever made, Grand Thief Auto V, the explain of this is the Michael and Trevor standoff scene https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=chgZrf4VoNw Splicing Here is a image of a old splicing Machine Transitions eg. Dissolve, fade, wipe A technique used in post production combining scenes or shots He is a video showing the types of transitions in a collection of movie https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=7LXQg6t4q2A Cutaways In film and video, a cutaway shot is the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else. It is usually, although not always, followed by a cut back to the first shot, when the cutaway avoids a jump cut The cutaway shot does not necessarily contribute any dramatic content of its own, but is used to help the editor assemble a longer sequence. The opening of the film 22 jump street has a explain of this technique in it opening scene https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=jhSFvfNLQAE. The tv show family guy always use the cutaways but it is used as a gag he is a example of one https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=_nU1-F3yMKQ
- 3. Point of view shot A point of view shot (also known as POV shot or a subjective camera) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera). The telltales games use this technique in there games such as the walking dead and the game of thrones game, he is a image of one of the playable characters in the game of thrones game, asher forrester Shot reverse shot Shot reverse shot (or shot/countershot) is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off- screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. A explain of this technique is in the first of the spiderman films. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=h0xiCIMIwLY Providing and withholding information Providing and withholding informations is a big part of cinema because as a viewer we don't want to be told the plot from the beginning and this is why dramatic questions are very important in film making. He is a explain of this technique is in the film ice horse http://cinecrowd.com/en/ icehorse- ijspaard?language=en Editing rhythm Rhythmic Editing: Definition: Rythmic editing is when the relations between shots function to control film pace. Characteristics: a shot's physical length corresponds to a measurable duration. rythmic function occurs when several shot lengths form a A example of rhythm editing in a movie is in Alferd Hitchcock’s 1963 movie the birds specifically in the gas station scene https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=5-HYj5cLfEI
- 4. discernable pattern. Cutting to soundtrack Cutting to a soundtrack is when the pace of each scene are motivated by how fast the song is going. An example of this is in the song Drummer boy https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=WLpse9Uqwng 0