Editing

L/O: Understand how the editing of different shots can create and change the meaning of a scene and film.

Editing is selecting, combining and ordering the shots to add meaning and continuity.

Elements of Editing:

Cutting
Transitions
Pace and Length of the shot
Rhythm
CGI & Animation

Cutting:

Cutting on Action (Match on Action)

Cutting on Action is when it cuts to a different position when a character does an action.

Cut Away

Cutting to an insert shot of something and then cutting back.

Cross Cut (Parallel Editing)

Jumping back and forth between two scenes or locations that are happening at the same time.

Straight Cut

A cut from one scene to another with no transitions.

Jump Cut

The camera doesn't move but the scene changes to show time passing most of the time.

Match Cut (Graphic Match)

Cuts from one scene to the other either where the action is the same or the composition is the same.

Eyeline Match

A cut between someone looking at something and then showing what they're looking at.

Shot reverse shot
Used to show a conversation or dialogue between two people

Montage
Lots of different scenes showing a long passing of time.

Transitions

Fade in / Fade out

Dissolving either to or from black or white to show time has passed.

Dissolve

Blending one shot into another.

Wipe

When a scene wipes into another.

Editing has been used to create tension when cutting, in Hot Fuzz when Sergeant Angel is on his horse the cutting is quite slow when everyone is staring at him and then it starts to speed up as it gets closer to the fight scene. In the battle there are a lot of eyeline match cuts to add suspense when they are shooting. The pensioners start to pull out guns and have cuts to the people shooting, they are very short cuts but it varies from scene to scene.