Question by Sanam: Film Editing: List the technical differences between “deep focus realism” and “thematic montage editing”?
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Answer by Kxria XI
omg we must be in the same film class because I got the same question on my study guide on thurs lol! I’m still looking for the answers but what I have said so far is this:
thematic montage editing–exemplified by Eisenstein and Pudovkin “scenes are not filmed they are constructed. They build a scene from many separate shots–all juxtaposed for a unified effect. The environment of the scene is the source of the images. Long shots are rare. Instead, a barrage of closeups (often of objects) provides the audience with the necessary associations to link together the meaning. These juxtapositions can suggest emotional and psychological states–even abstract ideas.” (173.) (remember the Battleship Potemkin is a good example of montage)
Deep Focus Realism–exemplified by Andre Bazin (186)–reduced editing to a minimum. Editing is considered distorting, potentially corrupting. Directors “Expolit uses of long shot, the lengthy take, deep focus, and widescreen. The filmmaker can also preserve actual time and space by panning, craning, tilting, or tracking rather than cutting to individual shots.” (189)
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