Cut Back

Japanese: カット・バック - かっとばっく
Cut Back

…It is said that the “grammar of cinema” was created by Griffith, who, with the help of cameraman Billy Bitzer (1872-1944), discovered a truly “cinematic” technique of telling a story through a “moving screen” by using close-ups, long shots, fades, irises, soft focus, movement, and other camera techniques. In particular, his invention of “rapid cutting,” which montages short shots, and “parallel montage” (also known as “cutbacks”), which connects events occurring simultaneously in different locations in parallel, are considered to be important contributions to the development of feature films. Griffith told stories in the “language of cinema,” and developed the “story picture” into the “motion picture.” …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "cut back" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈映画の文法〉はグリフィスによって創造されたといわれるとおり,グリフィスは,カメラマンのビリー・ビッツアー(1872‐1944)の協力を得て,クローズアップ,ロングショット,フェイド,アイリス,ソフトフォーカス,移動,その他カメラによる表現技法によって,〈動く画面〉を通じて物語る真に〈映画的〉な技術を発見した。とりわけ,短いカットをモンタージュする〈ラピッド・カッティング〉と,離れた場所で同時に起こっているできごとを並行的につないで見せる〈パラレル・モンタージュ〉(いわゆる〈カット・バック〉)の発明は,劇映画を発展させた重要な功績とされる。グリフィスはストーリーを〈映画のことば〉で物語り,〈ストーリー・ピクチャー〉を〈モーション・ピクチャー〉へと発展させた。…

※「カット・バック」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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