Editing is selecting, combining and ordering shots to add meaning and continuity
Elements of Editing
- Cutting
- Transition
- Pace and length of shot
- Rhythm
- CGI and Animation
Cutting
- cutting on action (match on action)
- Match on action: is where the editors cut the film when an actor turns around, in fight scenes, opening doors etc
- cutaway: where it shows an insert shot then goes back to the main scene
- Crosscutting: where it intercuts between two different scenes that are related and goes back and forth
- straight cut: a cut from one scene to another, no transitions just a basic cut
- jump cut: where the camera can show time passing in the same scene, where something in the scene has changed but the camera hasn't moved
- match cut (graphic match): it cuts from one scene to another scene with the similar action or composition
- Fade in/Fade out: is were they fade in or out of black or white to show time has passed
- Eye line matches: is where it cuts from something/someone looking at, then cutting to what they are looking at
- Wipe: when it wipes from one scene to another with a definite change of scene
- shot reverse shot: this is normally used to show conversation between two or more people
In the beginning there was a montage of the guy getting ready for the shootout with the old people, then when he left the police station it was set out like a western movie, with the main character riding a horse an getting watched by the locals, then there were loads of jump scenes of the shootout.
