EMST 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: 180-Degree Rule, Continuity Editing, Studio System
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From tableau to multi-shot medium (using shots from many cameras) Continuity editing trying to put pieces together without breaks, smoothly to one image. Jumping between two stories happening at the same time (going on in parallel) 180 degree rule making it clear to us the space of the action and what is going on so it is not confusing for us. Make it look like two people are having a conversation when it is really two shots being cut together. Trying to put together separate pieces of film in order to make them seem seamless. M: scene connected in space and time. P: shot was more important than the scene. P: pushed it further than m, required to put together time and space, compressed time to boost dramatic impact. G: added how to create psychological depth such as intercutting. M: tableau person in a theater always in that angle same angle.