Introduction to Editing

Editing is the process of placing shots together to create a story.

Elliptical editing makes screen time shorter and cuts out unnecessary actions for the audience.

Long shots are used to show the location of where the character is and that the character is alone.

Non-diagetic sound are sounds which the audience can hear but the character does not so the sounds are not in the movie/programme.

Extreme close up shots are used in this scene in "The Gloaming". The audience does not see her bend down, instead there is a close up shot of her hand picking up the ring and another close up fast forwarding in story time to her face, showing her reaction to the newfound object, this gets straight to the point and makes screen time shorter. The editing technique, eyeline matching is used in this scene so the viewers can see what the character is seeing on-screen.

An overhead establishing shot lets the director creates space for where the action takes place and the characters involved.

A shot-reverse-shot cuts back and forth between characters which creates assumption to what they might be doing, this case the two characters are communicating.

The characters faces are shown so the audience can see their reactions to what the other characters are saying, in this case the characters are reacting to the plan being said by one of the characters who is explaining the plan.

A wipe is a transition which shows the different location and time as fast as possible.

Quick cuts are quick shots between characters in the scene for the story time to be quicker.

Jump cut is a moment of discontinuity of an edit.

Flash back is a moment in a film where a clip shows events from the past.

Flash forward is a moment in a film where a clio shows events from the future.

A cut is an editing technique where the scene switches to another in the fastest way possible.

Close up is a shot showing an object/human from a close range.

Cut away is when the camera shot is in continuity and changes the focus of the scene.

Dissolve is a transition from one shot to another, this is completed in post-production.

Montage is a series of clips and pictures shown in one project, for example the training montage shown in "Rocky" shows the main character training in various places and at different times.

Continuity is a method of cutting where the shots are in a continuous order according to the story.