Editing can be used to construct representations by:
- the pace of editing ( fast paced- toung, energetic, slow-old)
- contrasting characteristics or sellings (crosscutting, shot/reverse shot)
- creating links between characterstics or settings
- showing us what a character is looking at
- showing us what a character is thinking about (cutting, superimposition)
Cutting
Cutting
is when one shot suddenly changes to another shot. Cuts are made very
regularly; for example, television shows consist of cuts which occur
approximately every seven to eight seconds. Cuts aren’t always left as a sudden
change from one shot to another, sometimes these cuts are transitioned as a
fade, wipe or a dissolve.
Shot/Reverse shot
A shot and reverse shot is where several shots are edited together and alternate characters. This is very typically used in a conversation situation.
Crosscutting
Is the editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occurring in different places, usually simultaneously.
Fade in/Fade out
Fading into a shot is when the screen appears just a blank, black screen to begin with, and then the shot begins to fade in. This usually occurs at the beginning of a scene to indicate a softer, quieter introduction.
Fading out of a shot is when the shot is shown on the screen and then slowly fades out into a blank, black screen.
Superimposition
This is where two shots are blended into one, and unlike dissolve, this is not a transition between two different shots.
Slow Motion
When the action on the screen has been edited to move at a slower rate than the original action did. This can be used to do the following:
Long Take
A shot that takes an unusually long length of time before cutting to the next scene.
Other:
Graphic Match
A good example of this would be a washing machine spinning around and dissolving into a car wheel. Or even in Hitchcock’s “Psycho”, in the famous shower scene, when the camera focuses on the water spiralling down the plug hole and the shot dissolves into the ladies eye.
Action Match
An action match is when two different views are shot of the same action, and are edited together so that the action appears to continue uninterrupted.
Jump Cut
A jump cut is when a single shot has an interruption. The interruption is either the background changes instantly while the figure in the shot remains the same, or that the figure changes instantly while the background remains the same.
Parallel Editing
This is an editing technique where two or more shots, set in different places, alternate, these are usually simultaneous, and the actions are linked in some way.
Dissolve
Dissolving is a transition used in between two shots so that the shots don’t suddenly change. Dissolve is the transition in which one shot fades out while another shot fades in, meaning at one moment in this transition the shots are blended together.
Short Take
A shot that is a very quick shot that takes a very short length of time before cutting to the next scene.
Shot/Reverse shot
A shot and reverse shot is where several shots are edited together and alternate characters. This is very typically used in a conversation situation.
Crosscutting
Is the editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occurring in different places, usually simultaneously.
Fade in/Fade out
Fading into a shot is when the screen appears just a blank, black screen to begin with, and then the shot begins to fade in. This usually occurs at the beginning of a scene to indicate a softer, quieter introduction.
Fading out of a shot is when the shot is shown on the screen and then slowly fades out into a blank, black screen.
Superimposition
This is where two shots are blended into one, and unlike dissolve, this is not a transition between two different shots.
Slow Motion
When the action on the screen has been edited to move at a slower rate than the original action did. This can be used to do the following:
- Make a faster action more visible to the audience
- To emphasize a moment or a reaction
- To create an unusual and strange feeling about a familiar, ordinary action
- To emphasize violence
A shot that takes an unusually long length of time before cutting to the next scene.
Other:
Eye line Match
An eye line match consists of two shots. The first shows the character look off
in one direction. The following shot shows what the character is looking at.Graphic Match
A good example of this would be a washing machine spinning around and dissolving into a car wheel. Or even in Hitchcock’s “Psycho”, in the famous shower scene, when the camera focuses on the water spiralling down the plug hole and the shot dissolves into the ladies eye.
Action Match
An action match is when two different views are shot of the same action, and are edited together so that the action appears to continue uninterrupted.
Jump Cut
A jump cut is when a single shot has an interruption. The interruption is either the background changes instantly while the figure in the shot remains the same, or that the figure changes instantly while the background remains the same.
Parallel Editing
This is an editing technique where two or more shots, set in different places, alternate, these are usually simultaneous, and the actions are linked in some way.
Dissolve
Dissolving is a transition used in between two shots so that the shots don’t suddenly change. Dissolve is the transition in which one shot fades out while another shot fades in, meaning at one moment in this transition the shots are blended together.
Short Take
A shot that is a very quick shot that takes a very short length of time before cutting to the next scene.
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