Editing

Editing: This is the process of which sound and images are organised into a narrative.

Continuity editing: This is the most common type of editing and creates a sense of reality and time moving forward. It usually happens where events are in chronological order and is often referred to as 'invisible editing' as it does not draw attention to the process.

Credits: These are the text at the beginning and ending of a film to tell you details about cast and crew.

Cross cutting: This is an editing technique of alternating, interweaving or interspersing one narrative action with another (usually in different locations). By combining the 2 separate events it suggests to the audience that they are happening simultaneously. Such as in the Hangover

Eye line match: cutting from a character to what they are looking at. Here is an example

Flashback: This is a scene or a moment in the film which is shown as something that happened earlier. likewise a flash-forward where the audience is shown something that will happen in the future.

Montage editing: Different shots that are edited together which are usually unconnected to create meaning. For Example the Rocky 1 Training sequence. Instead of showing you long clips of all the training that he has done in time order following him when he is running through towns, which would eventually become boring and tedious. They have put together a montage of short clips of the different training that he has done all together over a few minutes.

Fast paced editing: This consists of a rapid succession of many shots over a short period of time. Usually 2 seconds per shot. These are mainly used to create suspense and tension and to make the audience feel involved.

Slow paced editing: The opposite to fast paced. These usually consist of long shots of dialogue often up to 10-15 seconds each. This gives much more time to show characters reactions and emotions as it focuses on facial expressions.