Movie Editing

The cutting, reorganizing and splicing of shots together to create a movie.

A relatively close shot, including body from knees or waist up.

A shot in which subject is filmed from above eye level.

An transition that makes a picture appear gradually as another disappears.

The camera revolves horizontally, right to left or visa versa.

Any shot that looks like it's what a character is seeing.

Mise en scene that feels spacious and free.

When one shot pushes the proceeding shot.

An act of causing a film or television image to darken and disappear gradually

The kind of logic and rhythm implied by association of shots.

Style using contrasting shots, generating ideas more than the meaning of the shots themselves

A single uninterrupted L.S. take of an entire scene to use as reference. 

A shot of lengthy duration.

The positioning of a camera and lights for a specific shot.

Usually a L.S. or E.L.S. that shows locale, providing the context of the scene.

A shot taken from a moving vehicle.

A shot taken from a helicopter or plane.

A panoramic view of exterior location often from as far as a quarter mile away.

One plane is clear for beginning of shot; then it becomes blurry-another plane becomes clear. 

A shot taken from 180 degrees opposite of the shot before.

Alternating shot from two sequences in different locales to suggest simultaneous time.

A detailed view of a person or object, usually without much background (e.g., only face).

A shot in which subject is filmed directly overhead.

 A splice of two shots of the same object from slightly different angles.

When we see a character look at something, we assume the next shot is what they see.

Type of long shot that includes the entire body (i.e., head at top, feet at bottom of screen).

A cut to a shot of a character's emotion after hearing or witnessing something.

A shot that starts as C.U. and tracks back to reveal more of scene.

A shot that includes roughly as much as the audience's view of a proscenium stage.

The camera revolves vertically, down to up or visa versa.

The crudely edited footage before the editor tightens it up; for test audiences only.

A medium shot featuring two actors.

A minutely detailed view of an object (e.g., eyes or mouth only)

A medium shot featuring 3 actors.

Proved the usefulness and effectiveness of film editing; humans find connections!

A medium shot taken from over the shoulder of one actor (good for dialogue scenes).

Purely formalistic, void of any recognizable narrative.

Joining together of two shots.

One shot ends and the next shot begins.

Those images recorded continuously from time camera starts to time it stops.

Editing in which shots are arranged to preserve the fluidity of action with showing all of it.

Unit of film composed of a number of interrelated shots.

 A splice between either two different shots, in which objects in both occupy the same space.

A shot taken from a special device which resembles a mechanical arm.

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A shot in which one plane is clear; other planes are blurry. 

The sequence of shots in a movie as it is seen by the public.

A shot taken with the aid of a special lens that "goes" closer or farther from subject.

The camera person literally holds the camera and shoot shot (usually shaky).

Focus that travels from one plane to another.

A single lengthy shot, usually involving complex staging and camera movements.

Style of editing determined by dramatic and emotional effect.

"Placing on Stage."  All decisions put into creating an awesome shot.

 A transition in which you hear sounds from the next shot in the preceding show.

A contraption worn by the camera operator that allows movement and stability.

Cutting together many shots of short duration.

A shot in which subject is filmed from about 5 feet from ground.

An imaginary line, past which the camera cannot move, so as not to confuse audience.

A shot in which subject is filmed from below eye level.

 A splice of two shots of the same object from slightly different distances.

A shot in which subject is filmed from a camera not parallel from the ground.

All the takes that have been filmed.  (Average 40 hours per movie)

Mise en scene that feels confined with no freedom of movement.