The Art of Watching Movies-Editing (2)

There is a fake time in the movie time, and the clip can stretch or compress this time.

In order to show a very important moment, the director will use a series of shots and details to show the length of the process.

For example, in the process of climbing stairs, slowly lengthen the time of climbing stairs by shooting their expressions, movements or holding the details of the stairs.

There are several ways to compress time, namely, the flash cut method is to stack different pictures together, which can compress an hour in a few seconds, or to stack the beginning shot in the ending shot to achieve the smooth effect of compression time.

There is also a jumping method to compress time, that is, abnormal connection is made under the conditions of action cohesion, plot coherence and scene fusion incoherence. Often skipping rope will show reversal, humor or unexpected effects.

The effect of creating suspense in the film is reflected by parallel editing, that is, switching back and forth quickly between two actions that take place in different places. For example, there is a newborn baby on one side and conspiracy and bleeding on the other; On the one hand, it is a warm daily life, on the other hand, it indicates disaster.

Other editing techniques include slow motion, freeze-frame, blending and still pictures.

Slow motion, the scene is shot at a higher speed than normal, but it is played at a normal speed, so the action will slow down and form a slow motion.

The artistic effect it creates is that it can lengthen a certain paragraph to show its unique and strong emotional characteristics; It can exaggerate expressiveness, happiness, fatigue, frustration and difficulty, and express the subjective state of the characters. Show Superman's strength, speed, subversion, destructive power, such as Superman, Spider-Man, Hulk, ... Some movies showing superheroes show their control over human beings in slow motion.

Show the elegance of characters' movements, especially some fast sports, long-distance running, throwing, high jump, … show people's fluency, vitality and unyielding spirit; It can also show the passage of time and sharp contrast effect.

Freeze, the picture that moves suddenly in the movie plot suddenly stops, as if it had been frozen. In movie plots, such scenes often appear. The prisoner who was taken to the execution ground was frozen at the moment when the executor raised his gun, and a gunshot represented his fate. At the scene of a sudden car accident, the rollover car was frozen, and then the collision was a mess or residual blood.

The technology of melting and restoring activities can be used at the beginning of a scene or movie, which can play a transitional role.

A still picture, photo or movie in which the characters themselves don't move is a dynamic effect when the camera moves forward or away and passes by. When many still pictures are merged into a scene and slowly unfolded, it will cause an effect that the story is gradually unfolded or slowly recalled.

The montage shot in the clip is a unique microscopic visual effect formed by special sounds or pictures, and there is no time and logical order. The unity and integrity of montage come from the complicated internal and external relations between different shots, which we can immediately and intuitively understand.

Producers combine shots with different time and place, different shooting techniques or angles to describe a plot, express a theme and cause emotional, atmospheric or physical impact.

As for movie clips, you can look at the godfather. The unique inner presentation, the distorted personality portrayal of various people caused by greed, assassination and desire, the gun battle, bloodshed and deadpan cover-up are perfectly displayed in the constantly flowing picture.