Editing

Editing is used for a number of different reasons, including conveying character emotions and states, indicating passage in time and creating mood in a scene. The types of editing used include narrative editing, pace, post production editing, montages and transitions.

Narrative Editing

Continuity Editing: this means the order or chronology that the events are edited into.

Contiguity Editing: when two or more events can be happening in a screen at one time.

Temporal Editing: where events happen in a way that is abnormal to us, for example, a rewind or a slow motion shot.

Pace

The frequency of cuts between shots: this can either be shown using more cuts in an action scene or less cuts in a less action filled scene.

Post Production Techniques

Filters: such as putting a tinted lens over the camera.

Special Effects: for example, editing something that doesn’t exist into a scene such as an alien.

Colour Correction: this can be used in order to brighten or otherwise edit the colour of a shot, scene or entire film. This ensures that every shot Is consistent.

Montage

A montage is usually used to compress time or to establish a time or place. A series of clips am scenes are set to music.

Juxtaposition

Two contrasting things together in order to hi light the difference between them.

Transitions

Dissolve: where an image fizzles out to nothing or a different image.

Wipe: where the frame moves off screen.

Fade: when an image fades to black, white or another colour in order to signify sleepiness, lack of consciousness or death.

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