Research: Editing

Editing is where the movie involves a wide selection and combinations of different editing shots, which this creates a finished motion picture (film). Also the editing of the shots can determine the pace of the film as the editing is faster in a scene the you would expect the scene to be fast paced, also the editing of the film can determine the mood of the film.

In Editing There is a wide range of different types of cuts that the film can use, and the cuts can be used to show different things of the film.

Straight Cut

A Straight Cut is when one shot of the film moves into another in the editing of the film. What this straight cut does is put two different shots together to be able to continue the action of the scene, or to change the scene and what the straight cut can be able to do is add relevant things to the films narrative. This doesn’t confuse the audience and they are able to follow the films plot.

Fade To Black

What fade to black is when the one shot goes or moves into another and there would be a black filter in between the edit, this type of editing is usually used to show the beginning of the film or the end of the film or scene. The fade to black is a smooth edit cut, which doesn’t confuse the audience to follow the film.

Wipe Cut

What the wipe cut is when there is two shots and the first one wipes into the next, it is like there is a line moving across the screen of the first shot reveals into the new shot.

Reaction Shot

What a reaction shot is when the characters response to an event or a statement of the pervious shot which is made by another, what the reaction shot does is also let the audience react to the scene before the reaction shot is there which is usually a build – up of tension.

Montage

What a montage is when the editing is fast and speeding where shots are quickly put together to create confusion or excitement towards the audience on the depending images that is shown in the montage, the shots are edited and the montage is made to show symbolic meaning which means all the images don’t make sense but they all have a link.

Slow Paced Editing

What the slow pace editing is when the clips are put together at a slower pace than normal and what this does is creates suspense in the film. What the slow pace editing can also be used is so that the audience can be able to follow the plot of the thriller film but this can also be signalling to the audience that something could happen.

Fast Paced Editing

What fast paced editing is when clips are put together at a fast pace (to show different camera angles of the action) and what this fast pace does is creating tension and thrill in the audience. The fast pace editing usually comes right after the slow pace as the suspense has built up, to emphasise the fact that something bad in the scene has happened and the character/s are in trouble.

Jump Cut

What a jump cut is a drastic camera movement to distort the audience’s vision of the eye, and this is very noticeable as the eye could clearly see that something is different. You could say that the frame of the images ‘jumps’ from one spot to another.

180 Rule

This 180 Rule is a basic guideline for all film making that would have states the camera has started to film two characters in the scene, that is facing each other either on the left or right, the camera should stay on the same side of the characters for the whole of the conversation, unless the edit shows the camera is moving across from the one side it was on to the other and vice versa, or if the was cut into another shot of something different.

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