Editing, the connectives in Film Language

Think of cut as connectives in a sentence….’so, and, then, but, however, meanwhile.’

How then does does editing create meaning if it’s just simple links in the film?

The cut constructs the meaning in the minds of the audience.

Here is Hitch Introducing…

Odessa Steps – Battleship Potemkin (1925) Eisenstein

Here is a fuller description of the Kuleshov Effect

 

PRACTICAL TASK – Recreate the Kuleshov Effect

• In pairs shoots in Long, Mid & CU of a person looking and then…
• …a series of 3-5 people, objects or events
  • You must retain continuity of eyeline.
    • So if the character is looking up the subject cannot be filmed from high angle!
• Edit together the LS, MS & CU and three different objects or people to create different meanings / ideas.

An Example