Scene from “Call Me By Your Name” (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz3LgB0hyY4 Overview: The scene (and film, overall) has a very “calm, realistic, laid-back” feel and the editing style mirrors this. Lots of long takes, simple/clean cuts, and continuity editing. Style/Framing/Matched Action: At the top of this scene we are going between two close-up shots, as the characters talk about the night before. Both are “dirty” close-up-shots, so the other character is still partially in the frame (out of focus and not facing the camera) to keep the characters distances from one another clear to the viewer. We move between these shots calmly… we don't even necessarily see the character who’s speaking while they are speaking. The editor uses “L cuts” (where he uses the audio from one shot and bleeds it into the video of another) to have us sometimes watch the character who’s listening, take in the speaker, while they’re talking. When Elio (the young brunette) says “I’ll go”...
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