The technique of film editing (1958)

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Figure 3. A cut from a to b has too small a change In image size ; the cut needs to be to a considerably closer image as in c. medium shot. The cut is therefore acceptable because it is showing the same picture as its predecessor, only closer to. If, on the other hand, the close shot is taken from the camera position lib, where the angle of shooting has been slightly changed, the resulting image will be as shown in the diagram : the standard lamp is now in a different position relative to the actor. As a result, the spectator will get the impression that the lamp has suddenly and inexplicably shifted to the left. The position of the actor's head is in both cases in the centre of the frame, but the background in lib seems to have moved. (In practice, the effect might be cheated by moving the lamp.) Thus the spectator will momentarily become aware of the change and the cut will not be smooth. If the editor wants, for some reason, to cut to a close shot which ; is taken from a different angle, then the angle change must be\ made considerably more marked. A position where the camera] has been moved through 90 degrees will produce an image entirely different from the mid-shot and will therefore not create momentary confusion. The actor's face will be clearly seen in profile instead of head-on, and the spectator will therefore not expect to see the background in the same position relative to the head. 221