Vocabulary
Edit: At the most basic level, this means simply joining individual
pieces of film to make up scenes, sequences, groups of sequences, and finally the entire film. Editing, therefore, makes
a fundamental contribution to the construct of meaning which the whole film text generates.
Movie Formats:
.avi, .mov, and .mpeg
Scene: A self-contained, continuous series of shots which define a specific dramatic and/or narrative moment.
Sequence: A self-contained group of sequential scenes. The grouping
should coalesce around a specific set of dramatic and narrative imperatives.
Shot: A single piece of film of any length or duration which is
exposed by the camera being turned on, then off, a single time only.
Storyboard: Still visual representation of movie
