CTVA 301 Exam 2 Study Guide: Key Concepts in Film and Television Editing

what are graphic match?

link shots by close graphic similarities

what is rhythmic relations?

adjusting the length of shots in relation to each other

what is overlapping editing?

the action is presented with additional shots layered on top.

what is frequency?

more than one shot showing the action.

What film example did we look at for examples of "cut" "rhythmic relations" "Kuleshov effect" "graphically discounting editing" and "rhythmically discontinuous editing"

The Birds

What film example did we look at for examples of "dissolve"

The Maltese Falcon

What film example did we look at for examples of "wipe" and "sound effects"

Seven Samurai

What film example did we look at for examples of "graphic match"

Aliens

What film example did we look at for examples of "Establishing shot" and "POV Shot"

Rear Window

What film example did we look at for examples of "Kuleshov effect"

She's Gotta have It

What film example did we look at for examples of "flash-back"

Hiroshima Mon Amour

What film example did we look at for examples of "flash-forward"

The Godfather

What film example did we look at for examples of "overlapping editing"

The Battleship Potemkin

What film example did we look at for examples of "frequency"

Do The Right Thing

What film example did we look at for examples of "montage Sequence"

Hot Fuzz

What film example did we look at for examples of "POV shot" and "pitch"

Psycho

What film example did we look at for examples of "match on action"

Black Swan

what is graphic discontinuous editing?

an editing that creates a clash on screen

What film example did we look at for examples of "graphic discontinuous editing"

Touch of Evil

what is Ozu's graphic match?

going from shot 1 to shot 2 very similar environment and subject

What 2 film examples did we look at for examples of "ozu's graphic match?"

An Autumn Afternoon and Ohayo

what is rhythmically discontinuous editing?

the clash on screen follows a sequence to watch as constructed with rhyme

what is 360 degree space?

match in action on screen, meanwhile jumping the line

What film example did we look at for examples of "360 degree space"

Early Summer

what is Jump Cut?

two shots of the same subject but are not significantly different but noticeable

What film example did we look at for examples of "jump cut"

Breathless

what is a non-diegetic insert?

a shot that docent belong in the story/not involved with the story or world

What film example did we look at for examples of "Godards scrambling the order of presentation of events"

Pierrot le fou

what were some similarities between french poetic realism and Italian neorealism?

the films were focused around the unemployed working class, and were realism pieces

what are some differences between French poetic realism and Italian neorealism?

the French used professional actors, set in-between WW1 and WW2 in the 1930s, where the Italians used mostly non-professional actors, films were a reaction to WW2 and set between 1943-1952.

what were some similarities between German Expressionism and Soviet Montage?

both are constructivism views.

what are some differences between German Expressionism and Soviet Montage?

The German Expressionism films were a reaction to WW1, using professional actors, focusing on the upper class, with studio sets, and focus on the madness, paranoia, obsession anti-heroic characters. The Soviet Montage films were reaction to Bolshevik revolution, using non-professional actors, focusing on the working class, and focus on the embodiment of ideals of new communist government

what is sound?

the transmitter of story information

what is music?

subordinate to the dialogue track

where are sound effects?

supply a sense of environment but invisible

what is loudness?

the volume of the sound recorded at a high volume

what is pitch?

the high/low of the sound?

what is timbre?

the tone quality of the sound

what is fidelity?

the relationship between sound and image, but not above the quality of recording?

what is rhythmic relations?

adjusting the relationship of shots to another

what is diegetic sound?

sound that has a source in the world

what is onscreen diegetic sound?

sound that is on the screen in the world and can be seen

what is offscreen diegetic sound?

sound that is on screen but can't be seen

what is internal diegetic sound?

sound that only the character and audience can hear

what is dialogue overlap?

a line of dialogue continues across the cut

what is non-deigentic sound?

sounds that do not have a voice inside the world, but its outside

what is a sound bridge?

sounds from shot 2 is herd at the end of shot 1

what is synchronous sound?

matching the sound with the image

What is asynchronous sound?

image and sound don't sync

What film example did we look at for examples of "timbre"

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

What film example did we look at for examples of "rhythmic relations"

Alexander Nevsky

What film example did we look at for examples of "internal diegetic sound"

Black Girl

What film example did we look at for examples of "dialogue overlap"

The Hunt For Red October

What film example did we look at for examples of "sound bridge"

Contempt

What film example did we look at for examples of "asynchronous sound"

Singin' in the Rain

in the film, Singin' in the Rain, when singing occurs, Kathy is being dubbed by who?

Betty Noyes (uncredited)

in the film illusions, the person doing in the dubbing over the access in real life is?

Ella Fitzgerald (credited)

Why was the film "Great Train Robbery" important?

fist ever western

shot on location

hand coloring cinematography

the first block buster in American history

what is the POUM?

the workers party of marxist unification

what was the Spanish civil war?

Republicans versus nationalists

which side won in the Spanish civil war?

The nationalists

the Spanish civil war was known as the _________

Dress rehersal