Editing techniques

1. EDITING TECHNIQUES
Done by Eman Shah

2. DISSOLVE OF CROSS FADE
 This type of shot merges into the following shot, resulting in the
two shots being superimposed. The longer the shot takes to dissolve
the more noticeable the superimposition becomes. Here is an
example:

3. JUMP CUT
 This is a cut which breaks the continuity of time by jumping forward from
one part of an action to another. This type of edit gives the effect of
jumping forwards in time. For this reason, jump cuts are considered a
violation of classical continuity editing, which aims to give the appearance of
continuous time and space in the story-world by de-emphasizing editing.
Jump cuts, in contrast, draw attention to the constructed nature of the film
This is a jump cut scene from The
Bourne Identity. It shows the jump
cut from the fisherman’s face to
Bourne’s body in the sea. This
increases attention in the scene.

4. FADE
 This type of editing is a visual transition between shots or scenes
that appears on screen as a brief interval with no picture. The editor
fades one shot to black and then fades in the next. Often used to
indicate a change in time and place.
Here is an
example of
a fade
editing in a
film.

5. CROSS CUTTING
Cross Cutting is an editing technique most often used in films to
establish action occurring at the same time in two different locations.
In a cross cut, the camera will cut away from one action to another
action, which can suggest the simultaneity of these two actions but
this is not always the case.
This is an example of a cross
cutting editing technique. This is
the final scene from the final act
of Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'

6. PARALLEL EDITING
 Parallel editing is a technique whereby cutting occurs between two
or more related actions occurring at the same time in two separate
locations or even different points in time.
Here is an example of pace
editing in the movie ‘The Silence
of the Lambs’. The first shot
shows the man ringing the door
bell and the second shot shows
another man who is scared to
open the door, which builds
tension towards the viewers.

7. PACE EDITING
 Pace editing in film is when how fast the scenes are going. For example if
one scene was action thus the action was going fast then the pace of the action
and the scene will be fast. Whereas if a scene was slow for example in a
funeral then the pace will therefore be slow. This is an example of fast
paced editing in the film ‘Fast
and Furious’. Here we see an
action of cars breaking
down, getting burned and
also flipping over.