TYPES OF EDITING By Charles Clatworthy
EDITING the stage in the film-making process in which sound and images are organised into an overall narrative!
Continuity Editing
Continuity Editing – the most common type of editing, !
which aims to create a sense of reality and time moving forward. !
Also nick named invisible editing referring to how the technique does not draw attention to the editing process!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xauSCz1mEk !
Jump Cut!
An abrupt, disorientating transitional device in the middle of a continuos shot,!
in which the action is noticeably advanced in time and/or cut between two similar shots, !
usually done to create discontinuity for artistic effect.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2GPBBxFpEw !!
Credits!
the information at the beginning and end of a film, which gives details of cast and crew etc.!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_mRqoleUVA !
Cross Cutting!
the editing technique of alternating, interweaving, or interspersing one narrative action (scene, sequence or event) with another – usually in different locations or places, thus combining the two: this editing technique usually suggests Parallel action (that takes place simultaneously). Often used to dramatically build tension and/or suspense in chase scenes or to compare two different scenes. Also known as inter- cutting or parallel editing!
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmptU7vEkNU !
Cutaways!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBgEfJ4PAU !-A brief shot that momentarily interrupts continuous action by briefly inserting another related action. Object, or person (sometimes not part of the principle scene or main action), followed by a cutback to the original shot.!
Freeze Frame!
the effect of seemingly stopping a film in order to focus in on one event or element.!
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejMA-okgm9I !
Eye-line Match !
a type of edit which cuts from one character to what that character has been looking at.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtQDncQHOXs
FLASHBACK
a scene or moment in a film in which the audience is shown an event that happened earlier in the film’s narrative.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDOX5Cq2LO4
GRAPHIC MATCH
an edit effect in which two different objects of the same shape are dissolved from one into the other.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7bvT1w77Yg !
Juxtaposition !
the placement of two (often opposed) images on either side of an edit to create an effect.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfbYp9oaIT8 !
LINEAR NARRATIVE
a style of storytelling in which events happen chronologically.!
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSIYC0pucDQ!
MONTAGE EDITING
the juxtaposition of seemingly unconnected images in order to create meaning!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBNnHlqO4cs.!
PARALLEL EDITING
a type of editing in which events in two locations are cut together, in order to imply a connection between the two sets of events!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts1x6uADFtM
VISUAL EFFECTS
visual effects are usually used to alter previously-filmed elements by adding, removing or enhancing objects within the scene.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pubF_UvLig
MATCH ON ACTION
A shot that emphasises continuity of space and time by matching the!
action of the preceding shot with the continuation of the action. (For example a shot of a door opening after a shot of a close up of a character’s hand turning a door handle)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv93covb53w !
SHOT REVERSE SHOT
A film technique where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back. Usually during a conversation scene.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xiCIMIwLY
180 DEGREE RULE
The camera stays on one side of the axis of action throughout a scene, not breaking an invisible line. When shooting a scene, the camera must not cross over the line.!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wQvNq_fE0A