Thursday, 15 September 2011

Theories 1 - Bordwell and Thompsons

Graphic:

  • Graphic Match: Linkage of shots by graphic similarities.

  • Graphic Continuity: ‘Centre of interest constant throughout cuts, maintaining lighting level, avoiding strong colour clashes’.

  • Graphic Discontinuity: contracts colorr and footage types, movement and stillness. 


Rhythmic:

Considers duration of shots – the length of each in relation and its pattern involving accent, beat and tempo. Specific emphasis on particular shots giving different effects. 

  • All shots the same approx length = Steady metrical beat

Spatial:
concerns film space 
  • continuity editing 
  • the "kweshor effect" leads to the inference of a signal location. 
  • cross cutting 

Temporal:

Concerns time of action and contributes to the plot manipulation of the story time -order, e.g. flash backs 

Ellipisis: something we don't need to see    

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