MPC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Eyeline Match, Italian Neorealism, Continuity Editing
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Music videos, ads: editing is like a language: the shots are like words, a sequence of shots form a sentence, several sequences form a paragraph. Just as there are rules for sentences and paragraphs construction, there are rules a kind of grammar for editing film sequences. Continuity editing or cutting to continuity : a system if editing used to maintain continuous and clear narrative action (by following a set of rules) Linear/chronological intro series of rising and falling action climax resolution/happy ending.