Editing Techniques

Objective:

            All: will be able to explain the purpose of one editing style

            Most: Explain 2-5 different editing styles

            Some: 6 or more different styles using accurate media language.

Reaction:

Any shot that shows a persons reaction for example if someone was insulted the camera will show persons reaction to the insult.

Invisible editing: 

Used in most films to support the narrative and support what people see on screen.

Montage:

Is the speed of editing, where shots are quickly juxtaposed together to create excitement, will look bury and unnatural.

Slow editing:

When clips are juxtaposed together at a slower pace and this is to create suspense show more information of location and narrative, time each edit takes place is longer apart.

Straight cut:

An abrupt juncture occurs which has no significance to what is happening at the moment.

Fade Out:

The screen fades to black and this often means an editing to an episode usually slowly then music follows can be at the beginning of episode.

Dissolve:

One image slowly disappears showing another shot below it without no editing or cutting.

Wipe Out or Wipe Cut:

Where a main scene is pushed out of screen showing another scene.

Jump Cut:

When a film suddenly focused on something goes from a long shot to a close up.

Linking of sections:

Is where one section of a film is linked to another scene which has significance.

Linking shots:

Is where a number of shots are linked together to add emotional impact.

Timing Shots:

In the editing stage some shots are either edited slower or quicker to add emotion impact or suspense.

Kuleshov effect:

Two random images put together to show some kind of significance or show some kind of narrative, we as an audience put together.

180 degree rule:

You must keep the same left right symmetry so if the camera is placed on the left side of conversation is stays on the left side.

Shot reverse shot:

This is used mostly used in conversation when someone is talking.

Graphic matching:

Is when one shot goes into the next shot with a similar shape for example blows out a candle the shot goes to a train with smoke coming out.