Film Editing and Production: Techniques and Elements

Film Editing Techniques

Transitions: Narrative scoring elements operating inside the assembly.

  • The Cut: Direct transition between shots, the most common way to link maps. It gives momentum to the story, removing the unnecessary, and the *raccord* needs to maintain continuity.
  • The Fade: The image gradually disappears and goes to black or another narrative color. Used to mark the passage of time, indicate the end of a block, or the start of a new situation.
  • The Dissolve: One image gradually disappears
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Cinquecento Art and Architecture: Renaissance to Mannerism

Cinquecento Art and Architecture

The Rise of Rome

Since 1500, the artistic significance of Rome grew, almost entirely unseating Florence. Popes now exercised patronage of the arts. Pope Julius II called upon Bramante to design the new St. Peter’s Basilica. Bramante had previously worked in the decorative style of the Quattrocento, but in Rome, he was captivated by the majesty of Roman ruins. He decided on an art in which the architectural structure was the only dominant element, as seen in the circular

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Henri Matisse’s The Green Stripe: A Fauvist Portrait

Henri Matisse’s *The Green Stripe*

Author

Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 – Nice, 1954)

Work

The Green Stripe or Madame Matisse

Technique

Oil and tempera on canvas

Style

Fauvism

Colors are the most important theme of the work. The origin of the word “Fauvism” is a phrase from the French critic Louis Vauxcelles. This style introduced a divisive, flat, and free treatment with bold colors. In this composition, Matisse matched the first German expressionists. The movement was formally presented as

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Romanesque Sculpture: Characteristics and Themes

General Characteristics of Romanesque Sculpture

Stylistic Evolution of the Relief

  • During the Romanesque period, sculptors were primarily interested in the intellectual aspect and the message, rather than a natural, faithful representation of reality.
  • Figures are simple, with very flat relief. They wear tight clothes, and their bodies have simple, parallel folds. They are often disproportionate, artificially lengthened, and lack volume.
  • Compositions are simple, often juxtaposed, with no perspective,
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Early Cinema Techniques: Méliès and Griffith’s Innovations

Early Cinema Techniques: Méliès and Griffith

Makeup: Méliès’ films use language as an expressive, imaginative resource. He developed personal techniques to bring his ideas to life.

Female orchestra’s 57th minute: Méliès used film negatives to create special effects, such as duplicating people, a resource often used in horror and fantasy films.

Man heads 3.37 minutes: Méliès again uses cinematic techniques to enhance his imaginative ideas. The tricks used (head appearing and disappearing) are

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Greek Sculpture: Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Periods

Archaic Period (Until the 5th Century BC)

Sculptures from this period are characterized by their rigidity (hieratic) and geometric schemata. Initially, “block statues” adhered to the law of frontality and perfect balance based on geometric symmetry. However, around the 6th century BC, sculptures began to lose their rigidity, and a more naturalistic anatomical study with milder forms emerged.

Early Archaic faces followed a distinct pattern: an artificial smile, triangular hair arranged in geometric

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