FILM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Soviet Montage Theory, October Revolution, Jump Cut

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: FILM 1000
• Professor: Jose Sanchez

Document Summary

Continuity editing creates continuity of space and time, discontinuity editing is the opposite, designed to dislocate spatial and temporal continuity, call attention upon itself, reminds us we are watching a construction. Jump cut people are in the same position but the background is different, creates awareness that editing is going on. Shots are edited together to collide with each other, creates meaning, juxtaposing two opposite shots, become aware that something is going on, there is a key theme being presented. Shot a of guy who thinks he"s better + shot of peacock = vanity. 3rd example: not continuity, but creates meaning of violence, meaning is the same even if it isn"t continuity. Eisenstein"s films use a lot of close ups to provide details to create intellectual engagement, high levels of symbolism, requires audiences to be constantly engaged. Clash, ex. long shot then switches to close up.