EDITING TECHNIQUES

Done by Eman Shah

DISSOLVE OF CROSS FADE

This type of shot merges into the following shot, resulting in the

two shots being superimposed. The longer the shot takes to dissolve

the more noticeable the superimposition becomes. Here is an

example:

JUMP CUT

This is a cut which breaks the continuity of time by jumping forward from

one part of an action to another. This type of edit gives the effect of

jumping forwards in time. For this reason, jump cuts are considered a

violation of classical continuity editing, which aims to give the appearance of

continuous time and space in the story-world by de-emphasizing editing.

Jump cuts, in contrast, draw attention to the constructed nature of the film

This is a jump cut scene from The

Bourne Identity. It shows the jump

cut from the fisherman’s face to

Bourne’s body in the sea. This

increases attention in the scene.

FADE

This type of editing is a visual transition between shots or scenes

that appears on screen as a brief interval with no picture. The editor

fades one shot to black and then fades in the next. Often used to

indicate a change in time and place.

Here is an

example of

a fade

editing in a

film.

CROSS CUTTING

Cross Cutting is an editing technique most often used in films to

establish action occurring at the same time in two different locations.

In a cross cut, the camera will cut away from one action to another

action, which can suggest the simultaneity of these two actions but

this is not always the case.

This is an example of a cross

cutting editing technique. This is

the final scene from the final act

of Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'

PARALLEL EDITING

Parallel editing is a technique whereby cutting occurs between two

or more related actions occurring at the same time in two separate

locations or even different points in time.

Here is an example of pace

editing in the movie ‘The Silence

of the Lambs’. The first shot

shows the man ringing the door

bell and the second shot shows

another man who is scared to

open the door, which builds

tension towards the viewers.

PACE EDITING

Pace editing in film is when how fast the scenes are going. For example if

one scene was action thus the action was going fast then the pace of the action

and the scene will be fast. Whereas if a scene was slow for example in a

funeral then the pace will therefore be slow. This is an example of fast

paced editing in the film ‘Fast

and Furious’. Here we see an

action of cars breaking

down, getting burned and

also flipping over.