Editing Techniques

Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing is when one arranges a series of shots together in an order so that it shows a progression of and event/scene.

Accelerating Time

This technique is used in many films which allows the producers of a film to cut out a large portion of time in order to continue with their story. For example if a character is travelling to a different country/place in the film, the editor would not need to show the whole plane journey but instead only show a few shots which could be the person entering the airport and then a plane landing. By this the audience will understand that the character has travelled.

Expanding Time

Expanding Time is where the editor makes the duration of the video or scene longer than it would be normally. This is there so that the audience would notice a specific detail or object in the frame and also it creates an impact on them.

Cause, Effect and Motivation

When editing the editors must have a clear understanding of human psychology so that theycan portray the actions, events and feelings as realistic as possible so that the audience is able to connect with it.

Insert Shot

An insert shot is a close-up of an action or object in the scene which is not as clear and visible from a wider shot. By using this technique editors are able to draw the attention of the audience to that particular close-up of the object.

Cutaway

The Cutaway shot is which is placed in between a continually flowing action/scene to show a different view.

Relational Editing

This is editing shots together to show comparison for the purpose to analyse a particular content.

Thematic Editing

Unlike other editing techniques, Thematic editing does not really focus on developing a logical sequence. It involves with different images and sequences being edited together on a theme.

Cross Cutting

In this technique we merge together two or more separate scenes which are occurring at the same time.

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Parrallel Cutting

Parrallel Cutting is where two or more storyline are taking place at the same time there