GRGR(18): Notes on the first episode

[Andrew Foley]

>p. 388 "wipes": I am assuming this is some kind of film terminology.

An "optical wipe" is an optical effect which changes from one shot to the
next by giving the appearance of the new shot "wiping" the old shot off the
screen; a matte line borders the two shots, and crosses the screen.  The
"revised" version of Star Wars (Episode 4: A New Hope) has a lot of
"digital" wipes replacing what were just ordinary cuts in the original 1977
release.