Film Appreciation - Chapter Five
The code of continuity editing responsible for maintaining consistent screen direction is the
180-degree rule
The primary advantage nonlinear editing systems have over linear systems is
an editor can have instantaneous access to any piece of the films
One especially common form of parallel editing where the editor goes back and forth between two or more lines of action is called
cross-cutting
The most commonly used editing transition is the
cut
The editing transition associated with the greatest change in time or place in the story is the
fade
An alternative to continuity editing, which involves abruptly leaving out small portions of action, is
jump cutting
Viewers typically use the information from this camera position to infer the overall layout of a room or set
master shot
A scene whose emotional impact and visual design are achieved primarily through the editing of many brief shots is called a
montage
Continuity editing encourages viewers to go beyond the information contained in a scene's shots to construct an overall mental image of the layout of the scene. This comprehensive mental image is known as a
schema
A type of visual transition which is still in common use today that can visually link places and time is
the dissolve