Berliner, T. & Cohen, D.J. 2011, “The Illusion of Continuity: Active Perception and the Classical Editing System”, Journal of Film and Video, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 44-63.

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  1. This article emphasize on the Hollywood’s classical continuity editing system and the active perception of human. The author states that the classical editing makes people more easily and perceptually feel the coherency of the space. Because, even the environment is continuous, but people can only see the fragments rather than continuity, because scientist found people’s brain cannot directly analyze the totality of the environment. However, comparing with continuous camera movements, during visual transitions, the edited images are able more close to common perceptual experience of people.

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