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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
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