Joseph P. Magliano|Jeffrey M. Zacks
The Impact of Continuity Editing in Narrative Film on Event Segmentation
Northern Illinois University|Washington University in St. Louis
filmmakers use continuity editing engender sense situational continuity discontinuity editing boundaries goal study assess impact continuity editing people perceive structure events narrative film identify brain networks associated processing different types continuity editing boundaries participants viewed commercially produced film segmented meaningful events brain activity recorded functional magnetic resonance imaging mri identified three degrees continuity occur editing locations edits continuous space time action edits discontinuous space time continuous action edits discontinuous action well space time discontinuities action biggest impact behavioral event segmentation discontinuities space time minor effects edits associated large transient increases early visual areas spatialtemporal changes action changes produced strikingly different patterns transient change provided evidence specialized mechanisms higher order perceptual processing regions engaged maintain continuity action face spatiotemporal discontinuities results suggest commercial film editing shaped support comprehension meaningful events bridge breaks lowlevel visual continuity even breaks continuity spatial temporal location