film editing exam

wide lens

more depth, in focus background

long lens

less depth, out of focus background

noddies

close shots of listener simulating a reaction to what is being said

noddies are useful for what?

to edit out parts of verbal information

close shots are better

the fuller the face is

30 degree rule

making sure the angle of the view of the camera to the subject changes by thirty degrees between two shots

natural focal point for audience

the subject’s eyes

when editing in a close up of an action

select a version of the close up where the action is slower

give a long shot after

a series of close shots

first entrance of a new character or subject

edit in a close shot of it

metric montage

cuts to the beat of the music with no continuity

rhythmic montage

cuts to the beat of the music with continuity

tonal montage

cuts the clips based on the emotional tone of the clips

overtonal montage

all montages combined

intellectual/ideological montage

places different clips together that allows the audience to infer meaning and emotions

information

a new visual that is new information

motivaton

a good reason to cut, mix or fade

shot composition

continuity and flow

the cut

instantaneous change from one shot to another

the mix

one shot to another by overlapping the shots

the fade

fade from black screen to the image

types of montage

metric, rhythmic, tonal, intellectual/ ideological and overtonal

list for cutting

information, motivation, shot composition, camera angle, continuity and sound

five types of edit

action, screen position, form, concept and combined

action edit

movement continuity edit

screen position edit

directional or placement edit

form edit

transition edit by dissolve from one subject to another

concept edit

joining two shots together produces the concept in the viewer’s mind

combined edit

combines two or more of the other edits types

aspect ratio

the ratio of frame width to frame height

presence

sound perspective

manual sound effects

added sounds during editing

automatic dialogue replacement (ADR)

synchronization of speech with the lip movements

diegetic sound

anything that is heard from the characters in the film’s world

non-diegetic sound

what the audience hears that characters don’t

sound bridge

when the sound of one scene carries onto the next

assembly edit

putting the raw footage into basic story structure

b-roll

footage that captures the environment (often used with news)

butt-cut

straight edit between two picture frames in film or video with no transition effect

clean single

a medium shot to a close-up that contains body parts of only one person even though other characters may be there

coverage

process of making sure that every scene has a variety of shots

cinema verite

style of documentary and narrative filmmaking with long takes

dailies

previous footage used to determine whether there is a need to reshoot

dirty single

a medium shot to a close-up that contains come visual segment of another character or object in the frame

dutch angle

any shot where the camera is canted or not level with the actual horizontal line

acqusition

the footage shot by the production team

organizing

sorting the materials needed for project

review and selection

review all the materials and pick the best ones

assembly

follows script as the blueprint

rough cut

mostly done

fine cut

making sure the cuts are perfect

picture lock

only the sound is left to do

mastering and delivery

final cut

greater depth of field

wide-angle lenses and high f-stop (small aperture)

less depth of field

telephoto lenses and low f-stop (wide aperture