Posted by peter on 08/22/06 04:52

"nobody special" <msu1049321@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I'm of the school that says after 150 years of film making and evolving
> editing technique that you use dissolves to show time passing and to a
> lesser extent, locations changing, and cuts to jump in time while
> remaining in the same place, or changing place while retaining the
> time. People are used to these conventions and I don't break them
> casually.

Aha! Even though I'm unschooled in film making, I also use this convention.
Nice to know it is a convention.

Where can I read more about film cutting/editing conventions?

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