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Films and texts differ in terms of their possible logical structures and freedom of presentation on an output medium. While texts can be structured at any depth, the capabilities for structuring films are generally limited. In the presentation of textual documents, the sentence order is usually preserved, whereas video documents often allow rearrangements that lead to new alternations of shots. The fundamental difference between textual and video structures is taken as a starting point. Then, based on a detailed analysis of two different layouts of the film The Sunbeam by D. W. Griffith, a formal criterion for distinguishing between internal, discursively motivated and external, diegetically motivated alternations is developed. The results enable a new approach to alternation in film analysis and production.
电影和文本在可能的逻辑结构和在输出媒介上的表现自由度方面有所不同。文本可以在任何深度上进行结构化，而电影的结构化能力通常是有限的。在展示文本文件时，通常会保留句子的顺序，而视频文件通常允许重新排列，从而导致新的镜头交替。我们从文本和视频结构之间的根本区别出发。然后，基于对 D. W. 格里菲斯的电影《太阳光》两种不同布局的详细分析，提出了一种区分内部、话语动机和外部、视频动机交替的正式标准。研究结果为电影分析和制作中的交替提供了一种新的方法。
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.
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