CAS 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Video Projector, Jump Cut, 8 Seconds
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A shot made of action in front of a rear projection screen having on it still or moving images as a background. Sudden change of shot from one viewpoint or location to another. On television cuts occur on average about every 7 or 8 seconds. Cutting may: change the scene; compress time; vary the point of view; or build up an image or idea. There is always a reason for a cut, and you should ask yourself what the reason is. Less abrupt transitions are achieved with the fade, dissolve, and wipe. *the cut is usually made on an action (for example, a person begins to turn towards a door in one shot; the next shot, taken from the doorway, catches him completing the turn). Because the viewer"s eye is absorbed by the action he is unlikely to notice the movement of the cut itself.
