Editing

LO: understand how the editing of different shots can can create and change and change the meaning of a scene and a film.

• Editing is selecting, combining and ordering shots to add meaning and continuity.

Elements of editing

• cutting
• transitions 
• pace and length of a shot 
• rhythm
• cgi and animation 

Cutting 

• in joining one shot to another, an editor can use many different cuts.
• Cutting on action ( match action ) - Following the main person or props

• cut away turning into shot of a person then cut back into the character or show in the character head 
• cross cutting inter cuts between two scenes that are happening at the same time
• straight cut a basic cut between one scene to another with no transitions
• match cut ( graphic match ) linked scenes with similar features 
• eye line match cuts to what they are seeing
• shot reverse shot 

transitions 

• fade in / fade out time has passed

anylsis

• how has editing been used to create tension and suspense in the hot fuzz  battle scene 

• slow cuts and transitions between