1. Cuts (straight/contrast/graphic matching/ jump cut)

2. Disolve (Fade down one shot & Fade up another shot)

3. Fade up from black / Fade to black / Flash frame of white

4. Wipes

After the messages of this weeks Lectorial managed to cement themselves into my patterns of thinking for the week, I had come in to todays Tutorial with an intrigued mind. Having had just been explained about the power of the edit and the connotations that can be drawn from excluding certain shots / aspects of a production, I had one compelling thought that was driving my intrigue.

There is a common theory that ‘everything is a remix’, that is, there is no original idea anymore, rather just different variations of the same theme. This theory may explain why most audiences are able to pick up / explain the implied messages between shots. Having seen the same ideas presented to them in differing variations, audiences have become conditioned to these themes and therefore know what is about to come.

This concept wasn’t addressed during the Tutorial and therefore I feel that I will have to investigate further in my own learner directed hours. Food for thought.

– donandsherri