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The dissolve, match cut, fade, iris in, iris out, and even the split screen, have all been formal elements that the cinema has developed to complement narrative, meaning, and signifcance. What is important to bear in mind is that each of these technical devices is only available because there is a contiguous temporal relation between parts. These devices are also available in the printed form, though generally restricted to children's and artists's books, and might take the form of semi-transparent pages, half pages, cut out shapes, and the like.
Adrian Miles: Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
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