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Editing
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The coordination of one shot with the next
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Fade-Out
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Gradually darkens the end of a shot to black
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Fade-In
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Lightens a shot from black
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Dissolve
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Briefly superimposes the end of shot A and the beginning of shot B; bay/bridge shot in Maltese Falcon
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Cut
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The joining of two strips of film together with a splice; an instantaneous change from one framing to another
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Wipe
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Shot B replaces shot A by means of a boundary line moving across the screen
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Graphic Relations
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Two successive shots joined so as to create a strong similarity of compositional elements
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Rhythmic Relations
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When the filmmaker adjusts the lengths of shots in relation to one another
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Kuleshov Effect
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Any series of shots that in the absence of an establishing shot prompts the spectator to infer a spatial whole on the basis of seeing only portions of the space
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Crosscutting
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Alternates shots of two or more lines of action occurring in different places, usually simultaneously
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Flashback
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Presents one or more shots out of their presumed story order
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Flash-Foreward
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Editing moves from the present to a future event and then returns to the present
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Elliptical Editing
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Editing that presents an action in such a way that it consumes less time on the screen than it does in the story
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Empty Frame
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Figure leaves frame; cut; figure enters new frame
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Cutaway
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A shot of another event elsewhere that will not last as long as the elided action, then returns to the first shot
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Continuity Editing
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A system of cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action
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Establishing Shot
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A shot, usually involving a distant framing, that shows the spatial relations among the important figures, objects, and settings in a scene
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Shot/Reverse-Shot
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Two or more shots edited together that alternate characters, typically in a conversation situation
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Eyeline Match
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Shot A presents someone looking at something offscreen; shot B shows us what is being looked at
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Reestablishing Shot
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A return to a view of an entire space after a series of closer shots following the establishing shot
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Match on Action
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A continuity cut that splices two different views of the same action together at the same moment in the movement, making it seem to continue uninterrupted
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Cheat Cut
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Keeps shot continuous, but mismatches the positions of figures
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Jump Cut
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When two shots of the same subject are cut together but are not sufficiently different in camera distance and angle, there will be a noticeable jump on the screen
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Nondiegetic Insert
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Shot or series of shots cut into a sequence, showing objects that are represented as being outside the world of the narrative
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