Contrast: This requires switching scenes to exaggerate the contrast between these two scenes and two situations the film is portraying. An example Pudovkin suggests is switching from a person who live in poverty to someone living in luxury to accentuate to difference in their lives.
Parallelism: This technique involves cutting between two seemingly unrelated scenes, both which are actually focusing on the same object or subject. For example a documentary on fish shortages could cut between fish being caught and someone eating fish and chips to show that the reason for the fish shortage is because of the demand of fish for things like battered fish. These two clips which don't seem connected both serve a purpose in this documentary because of the parallel features.
Symbolism: This is similar to parallelism in that you are cutting between clips of one event to another, Pudovkin suggests that you could cut between striking workers being shot by the police to cows being slaughtered although they are different the audience will link the scenes of the cows being slaughtered to the scenes of the police shooting the striking workers.
Simultaneity: This is a technique which is very popular today in Hollywood, this involves cutting between two simultaneous events which are happening at the same time in order to increase suspense and tension. This technique could be used in a scene about a court case in which the jury is discussing the verdict and the accused is waiting anxiously for the verdict. This device would build up the anticipation for the result which is decided by the jury and will greatly effect the accused.
Leit Motif: This is reiteration of a cinematic technique, which could be a sequence of footage or soundtrack which represents that something is going to happen. Steven Spielberg used this technique in Jaws to let the audience know that the shark is going to attack as he uses the same point of view shot looking up at the swimmers from underwater.
Parallelism: This technique involves cutting between two seemingly unrelated scenes, both which are actually focusing on the same object or subject. For example a documentary on fish shortages could cut between fish being caught and someone eating fish and chips to show that the reason for the fish shortage is because of the demand of fish for things like battered fish. These two clips which don't seem connected both serve a purpose in this documentary because of the parallel features.
Symbolism: This is similar to parallelism in that you are cutting between clips of one event to another, Pudovkin suggests that you could cut between striking workers being shot by the police to cows being slaughtered although they are different the audience will link the scenes of the cows being slaughtered to the scenes of the police shooting the striking workers.
Simultaneity: This is a technique which is very popular today in Hollywood, this involves cutting between two simultaneous events which are happening at the same time in order to increase suspense and tension. This technique could be used in a scene about a court case in which the jury is discussing the verdict and the accused is waiting anxiously for the verdict. This device would build up the anticipation for the result which is decided by the jury and will greatly effect the accused.
Leit Motif: This is reiteration of a cinematic technique, which could be a sequence of footage or soundtrack which represents that something is going to happen. Steven Spielberg used this technique in Jaws to let the audience know that the shark is going to attack as he uses the same point of view shot looking up at the swimmers from underwater.