Editing

Editing

Editing in film is a process of cutting and assembling film footage to produce a finished product.

The role of the film editor includes organising transitions between shots making decisions about shot duration and maintaining continuity. 

Transition: one frame to the next

Shot Duration: - length of the shot 

                         - pace reveals information about characters

Transition

the process of cutting from one shot to another usually involves a simple straight cut.

means of transition = fade to black 

                                   dissolve

                                   wipe

Dissolve Shot: the proceedings shot merges into the following shot, resulting on two shots being superimposed. The longer the dissolve the more noticeable the superimposition becomes.

Eye Line Match

a common convention to maintain continuity, a character looks at something and in the next shot reverse shot we see what they are looking at.

Match On Action

a similar technique where two shots are linked by an action.

Shot Reverse Shot 

where the camera cuts rom one subject to another back and forth to follow the flow of a dialogue or interaction.

Montage Sequences

Consists of a series of shots that are edited into a sequence to condense narrative. It is usually used to advance the story as a whole.

Kuleshov Effect

The way film editing evokes emotions from a viewer.

The way in which images are cut together that can induce a feeling from the audience.