“The foundation of film art is editing”
The syntax of cinema; its grammatic language
Shots arejoined into scenes;
editing eliminates unnecessary time and place
(V.I. Pudovkin)
“Films are a series of details–details within details.” (Jerry Greenberg, Scarface, 1983).
“Everything on the shooy is just raw material. A motion picture is basically made in the editing room, and its not wise to short cut this process (Michael Mann, The Insider, 1999).
An ordinary Hollywood movie typically contains between 800 and 1200 shots.
Rapid action in film can result in 2000 or more shots.
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