Editing: Continuity and Discontinuity
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Two Approaches to Film Editing
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1. Continuity: Narrative-based EditingHow can a filmmaker combine individual shots to tell a story?Emphasizes smooth, continuous, and coherent transitions between shots; invisible.
2. Discontinuity: MontageWhat new meaning is created when individual shots are juxtaposed? Emphasizes difference between shots; calls attention to itself.
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Continuity EditingThe illusion of temporal and spatial continuity; “invisible editing”
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Temporal Continuity Techniques• Match on action• Long take• Dissolves and fades• Cross cutting• Continuous diegetic sound • Sound bridge
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Spatial ContinuityTechniques• Establishing shots• Long take• 180-degree rule• Eyeline match• Shot-reverse-shot
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Montage (Hollywood)A sequence of shots that compresses narrative time
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Montage (Soviet)A sequence of shots that provokes associations and/or disorients the viewer
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Montage (Soviet)A + B + C + D = ?
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Montage in Narrative Film• Kuleshov Effect• Metaphor
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Discontinuity or Disjunctive Editing“Visible” editing; editing that calls attention to itself; violates viewers expectations of continuity
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Discontinuity Techniques• Jump cut• Nondiegetic insert• Repetition of
shots or events• Freeze frame• Any violation of
continuity rules