Sequence (film)

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A sequence describes a group of successive film shots that belong to one another graphically, spatially, temporally, thematically, scenically or in terms of the person constellation and document a phase in the development of the narrative through a self-contained cinematic section. A sequence is usually distinguished from neighboring sequences by fading in and out , establishing shots or musical markings and is closely related to the scene .

A clear definition of the sequence is difficult to find. According to Bordwell, the units are not to be viewed in absolute terms, but rather in relation to the structure of place, time and plot of a film. In a film with a plot time of a few minutes and with only a few changes of location, a similar number of sequences could be made out as in a film with a plot time of several years and many changes of location. Demarcation signals such as cross-fades alone are not sufficient for a sequential structure, because they themselves separate mere shots. The unity of place, time, action and figure constellation must be determined in each individual case. At Rosenthal, with the consistency of a central idea , a certain location or a certain mood, further possibilities of the film-theoretical structure in sequences can be found.

For the definition of the term sequence , the relationship to the scene in particular has to be clarified. In the early film, scene denoted an action scene in a take . It was only through the use of film editing that the terms setting , scene and sequence differed . In contrast to the sequence , the scene represents a section of the film, the plot fragments of which form a unit exclusively in terms of time or space and are usually realized as a sequence of shots. The scene is thus also a sequence , but does not contain any temporal omissions. The terms can also be assigned to different structures: while the scene belongs to the plot structure , the sequence belongs to the cinematographic structure.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans Jürgen Wulff: Sequence and Scene . In: Lexikon der Filmbegriffe, edited by Hans. J. Wulff and Theo Bender. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ sequence . In: Glossary of the German Film Academy . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ^ David Bordwell : Narration in the Fiction Film . University of Wisconsin Press 1985.
  4. ↑ Hans Jürgen Wulff: Sequence . In: Lexikon der Filmbegriffe, edited by Hans. J. Wulff and Theo Bender. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  5. ^ Knut Hickethier : Film and television analysis . Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1993, ISBN 3-476-10277-7 .
  6. ^ David Bordwell: Narration in the Fiction Film . University of Wisconsin Press 1985. pp. 61f.
  7. ↑ a b Jens Eder: Dramaturgy of Popular Film: Screenplay Practice and Film Theory . 3. Edition. Lit, Hamburg, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-4182-9 .
  8. ↑ Alan Rosentahl, 1994. p. 100. Quoted in Eder, 2007. p. 80.
  9. ^ Jean Mitry: The aesthetics and psychology of the cinema . Indiana University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-253-33302-5 .