Editing Film

Editing is the process of selecting, ___________, and assembling the components of a movie.

• arranging

• viewing

• framing

The earliest films were just continuous scenes and weren't edited.

• True

• False

__________ editing promotes a sense of story and visual connections.

• Contiuity

• Discontinuity

• Montage

• Parallel

The 180 Degree Rule involves always shooting with the camera...

• at the same level of the subject.

• on the same side of the subject.

• using a 180 degree lens.

Which THREE are important matches for continuity editing?

• Action

• Eye-Line

• Graphics

• Dialogue

• Subject Matter

Kuleshov discovered that

• editing brings continuity to a film.

• editing can add emotion when scenes are placed together.

• discontinuous editing makes people lose interest in a film.

Montage editing includes cuts that

• are mosty continuous.

• aren't all continuous.

• are partly random.

• are of the same length.

What do fast cuts and short shots do the pacing of a film?

• Speed-up the action.

• Slow-down the action.

• No effect.

Parallel editing involves...

• cutting between two narratives in the same movie.

• using the same length of cuts.

• keeping the camera on the same line.