Editing and Transitions
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AS Media 18/09/2015 Editing Traditionally is all about continuity editing. In its simplest form it is to get the story moving along. The purpose behind continuity editing is so that the film runs with fluidity. Main purposes of editing - Identification of characters - Conflict - Intensification - Shows scene tempo - Show audience what type of film it is - Slow for emotion - Fast for action or tension - Pace of the editing affects the meaning and effects the viewer’s experience. - Editing works because it is a juxtaposition (contrast) and through this juxtaposition, we create meaning. Cut - The most common editing technique is a cut. Cutting from one shot to another. What to show and when to show it. Hoping to create a beginning, a middle and an end. The story has meaning through the cuts. There is always a reason for it. Match on action - 2 individual takes edited to make it seem as though it is a fluid film and masking the cut. 2 clips put together to make it seems as though there are no edits – a smooth, fluid film. - The action matched in each of the clips. Looking as though it is one take – one clip. The editor creates a visual bridge. Jump Cut - An abrupt switch. Shown to show a passage of time. It is made to obviously be noticed by the audience. The abrupt cut should be noticed.
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AS Media 18/09/2015
EditingTraditionally is all about continuity editing. In its simplest form it is to get the story moving along. The purpose behind continuity editing is so that the film runs with fluidity.
Main purposes of editing- Identification of characters- Conflict- Intensification- Shows scene tempo- Show audience what type of film it is
- Slow for emotion- Fast for action or tension- Pace of the editing affects the meaning and effects the viewer’s experience.
- Editing works because it is a juxtaposition (contrast) and through this juxtaposition, we create meaning.
Cut- The most common editing technique is a cut. Cutting from one shot to another. What to
show and when to show it. Hoping to create a beginning, a middle and an end. The story has meaning through the cuts. There is always a reason for it.
Match on action- 2 individual takes edited to make it seem as though it is a fluid film and masking the cut. 2
clips put together to make it seems as though there are no edits – a smooth, fluid film.- The action matched in each of the clips. Looking as though it is one take – one clip. The
editor creates a visual bridge.
Jump Cut- An abrupt switch. Shown to show a passage of time. It is made to obviously be noticed by
the audience. The abrupt cut should be noticed.
Cross Cut- From one part of a narrative to another. Two different locations but happening at the same
time. Grease - Summer Lovin’ scene.
Cutaway- One shot cuts away to another. Best example is a person looking at something then cuts to a
POV shot.
Reaction shot/cut- Something happens then cuts to someone’s reaction to that thing.
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Matched Cut- A cut between either two objects, two people but then the object is graphically matched.
Almost a match on action but the camera follows the action. Example, person thrown out of window – camera follows them.
TransitionsFade
- Transitions from a blank screen into a scene or vice versa.
Dissolve- The two images merge together.
Wipe- Optical effect when the shot is wiped away.
Superimposition- Two images placed on top of each other. Superimposed.
Montage- A compilation of lots of different clips to create meaning. Rocky training example.
Slow Motion- The scene slows down. Usually to add drama or emphasise a specific clip.
The long take- A continuous shot to add drama or to show the length of a specific event in the scene/film.
The shot does not cut away. Speilberg’s long takes.
Split screen- When the screen is divided to show two events happening at the same time.
