The technique of film editing (1958)

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the frames of cinematograph sound film, in which the sound is recorded in the form of a light trace varying in its light transmission. SPECIAL EFFECT. Any effect which is introduced into a film after shooting by the special effects department, e.g., matte shots, "ghost" images, special montages. SPLICE. l.(w.) A film join. 2. (v.) To join film. STOCK-SHOT. See LIBRARY SHOT. SUPER-IMPOSE. To print two shots, one on top of the other, on the same length of film, so that when projected on the screen each can be seen through the other. SYNC. See SYNCHRONISE. SYNCHRONISE. To place, during editing, the sound-track in such a position relative to the picture track that on projection a particular selected sound will be heard at the same instant as a particular selected image is seen. In most cases, this is done in order to make the reproduced sound coincide with the appearance on the screen of the sound's natural source. SYNCHRONISER. Apparatus which facilitates the mechanical operation of synchronising two tracks. SYNCHRONOUS SOUND. Sound which has been synchronised with the picture. T TAKE. Single recording of a shot. TILT. To turn the film camera up or down in shooting so that the axis of the lens rotates through a vertical plane. TRACK. 1. (/i.) Abbreviation of SOUND-TRACK. 2. (v.) To move the camera bodily forward or backward. TRACKING SHOT. Shot taken with a tracking camera. TROLLEY. Wheeled vehicle on which the camera can be moved while taking a shot. TRUCKING SHOT. Shot taken when the camera is in movement on a truck or trolley. W WILD SHOOTING. Shooting the picture of a sound film without at the same time recording the sound of the action. WILD TRACK. Sound-track recorded independently of any picture with which it may subsequently be combined. WIPE. Form of transition from one shot to another in which a line appears to travel across the screen removing, as it travels, one shot and revealing another. 282