Monday, November 24, 2008

Entry # 10

1.intercutting- The alternation between actions taking place at two distinct locations to make one composite scene. For example, cutting between two people involved in the same telephone conversation. The distinction between this and cross cutting is one of compression of time. The intercut can be used to speed up a scene and eliminate large pieces of time that would slow a story down.

2.Montage - (dynamic editing, expressive montage, conditional montage) A method of putting shots together in such a way that dissimilar materials are juxtaposed to make a statement. A shot of a man followed by a shot of a peacock, for example, declares that the man is pompous

3.MOS - Any segment of film taken without sound. (The letters MOS come from early foreign directors who wanted pictures taken "mit out sound.")

4.Pan - A shot in which a stationary camera turns horizontally, revealing new areas

5.Slow Motion - Movements on the screen appearing slower than they would in actual life. For example, a diver will seem to float to the water gently rather than fall at the speed dictated by gravity. A filmmaker achieves slow motion by running film through his camera at a speed faster than the standard 24 frames per second; subsequent projection at 24 frames per second slows down the action

6.Voice-Over - Any spoken language not seeming to come from images on the screen.

7.Low-Angle Shot - A shot taken from below a subject, creating a sense of "looking up to" whatever is photographed.

8.Jump Cut - An instantaneous cut from one action to another, at first seemingly unrelated, action. Jump cuts will usually call attention to themselves because of the abrupt change in time and/or place.

9.Background Music- Music accompanying action on the screen, but coming from no discernible source within the film

10.Crane Shot - A shot taken from a boom that can move both horizontally and vertically

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