Clapperboard (or slate) is used in movie primarily for two purposes: To assist in synchronizing picture and sound (with the help of a clap).
The following editing technique is used in the opening scene of Friends with Benefits for example: [Scene 1: two guys A & C are talking] A: What is your na
I was watching The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and in one scene a zombie is searching to kill someone. In this scene a human and his dog are hiding from the zombie,
In a well edited movie, there are no scenes that don't either move the story ahead or explain something not otherwise known about the protagonist or his/her sto
I remember watching an episode of a TV show reviewing and analyzing films, and in particular Godard's techniques. At one point, while discussi
I would like to understand what the difference is between Sound Editing and Sound Mixing. Could someone explain?
How is a movie made to show selective colors. For instance, in Pleasantville a sister and brother are transported to the universe of an old black and white TV s
In The Godfather, why is Moe Greene's line "I talked to Barzini" given in such as strange voice? I heard it was dubbed but why
Many movies are still shot on films. At the same time, computers can greatly facilitate editing. So I just wonder how the whole process is done. Is film digitiz
A lot of songs have multiple edits - usually at least a radio edit and a album edit. To my understanding, the difference is usually that the radio edit is edite
I wanted to know how a fade-to-black was done in the old days (before digital editing and non-linear editing) but could not find any information. In older movi
The Cabin in the Woods takes place (mostly) in America. The 20-something cast is in a big RV that has the driver's seat on the left. The ignition should be to t
At the end of Dunkirk, there are two fade to black / cut to black instances: Farrier's plane on fire, fade to black, Tommy on the train just finished reading t
What is it called when a seemingly short or contiguous conversation/dialogue is spread over a few scenes that take place in different places that are apparently
In the climax of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Darth Vader throws Emperor Palpatine over a precipice and just as he does so, a subliminal image of a skull is fl
My daughter is making a short (6min) dance movie for her final school project, and she's having trouble figuring out what the formal narrative structure would b
In "Now You See Me 2", most (all?) of the scenes with Morgan Freeman look like they were filmed separately with standings playing the other actors. This is esp
In a YouTube revue of Terminator 2, the narrator claims that the UK either tried to or actually did succeed in censoring out the scenes in which Sarah Connor pi
An interesting facet of the production of Star Wars (1977) is that it was very heavily edited; in fact, it even won an Academy award for editing. A lot of the o
In biographical drama movie The Two Popes (2019), there is a scene where Jorge Bergoglio argues with Father Yorio and Jalics in a closed room: In the second