editing

montage - a montage is created through quick cuts. disconnected time/place that combine to get larger idea. often used to condense time or suggest memories or hallucinations.

through the use of simple quick cuts and colour variation montages create great effect within an audience.

paralell editing - two scenes cross cutting at the same time in two different locations. this could be used to add tension within a scene/act. these two scenes often later build up to a climax.

 in these two scenes you can see the man thoughts which could show him to be in love with this woman when in reality she does not love him back.



split screen - screen spereated in seperate pieces to show various scenes at the same time showing links within the scenes. the affect gives the audience a perspective about the character/characters in the scenes. used to make characters seem closer than they actually are frequently (1950's-1960's)

in this iamge the phonecall on the split screen makes the man and woman seem closer than they actually are showing they are going to be involved with eachother in some point of the film.

dissolves - one scene in the backgroung whilst other scene is fading in. This is often used to soften a cut.

in this image the subject dissolving could signify he knows the place that he is dissapearing in to this affect gives the audience a sense of wonder to why the narrative is depicted in this way.


graphic match - is a transition used to intertwine the two images/shots together. this is used to communicate an idea within the audience.

in this image the audience could connote the plug hole as draining. the theme 'draining' could depict the person dying as if the blood is draining out of them. The eye and the plughole share a visual aspect that matches significantly.


rhythm and pace - builds up tension in a scene through the use of tempo in cuts and music. this creates a certain atmosphere which tends the audience in to the movie.

 rhythm and pace can also be decided due to the genre of the film for example in an action film the audience would expect to see fast montages to speed up the action.

long take - a long sequence of film with no cuts. this technique of editing could show a more sophisticated setting or specify significance to a scene.






jump cuts - speeds up motion of movement. makes longer cuts shorter. for example walking down stairs.

match cut - two subjects used to speed up a cut . for example showinjg a subjects face at the entrance of a lift then looking at their feet then they leave the lift.

cut away - using another point of interest to speed up the main subjects movement in a scene.

180 degree rule - when you have to stay on one side of the scene when filming so that there is no confusion within the audience . for example, a conversation

shot reverse shot - shows two character's usually having a coversation with the camera filming from face to face. in this iamge you can see two men having a conversation this could show a comparison of the two characters within the audience.

straight cut - a plain cut designed to be dismissed in continuity editing. this could consist of a basic cut of an image/sceneon to another image/scene in a sequence. creates realism so that the edit seems invisible and helps the flow of shots in a sequence.