1. Technique Why would this
technique be
used?
Give a detailed film example and discuss the
purpose of this and the effect this has on the
audience.
Seamless This meant that the
cuts between the
shots were
matched to the
action, with the
seamless editing it
makes you watch
something and not
even realise that
it’s been edited.
Continuity editing
is a system that
focuses on
creating a clear
continuity for the
final piece that you
have created. The
idea of this style of
editing is to create
a smooth flow
between all of the
clips so the
narrative of the
story will be
obvious without
interruptions.
The Hangover.
Continuity
editing
To ensure
seamless/ smooth
action on screen.
Hangover, continuity of the phonecall (as seen in the
seamless example).
Motivated Cutting from one
shot to the next for
purpose to the
story.
Hollyoaks cut from 2015 to 2001 to give background
to the kidnap story.
2. Montage a technique in
film editing in
which a series of
short shots are
edited into a
sequence to
condense space,
time, and
information.
Rocky 4.
https://www.
youtube.com/
watch?v=9HA
VfdVYx7M
Jump
Cutting
cut in film
editing in
which two
sequential
shots of the
same subject
are taken from
camera
positions that
vary only
slightly. This
type of edit
gives the effect
of jumping
forwards in
time.
Royal Tenenbaums.
https://www.
youtube.com
/watch?v=K2
GPBBxFpEw
Parallel
editing/cross
cut
Parallel
editing (cross
cutting) is the
technique of
alternating two
or more
scenes that
often happen
simultaneously
but in different
Inception.
https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v
=KmptU7vEkNU
3. locations.
180 degree
rule
When you film
a scene using
separate
shots, it's
important that
people
understand
where
everything in
the scene is.
Can’t cross
over the 180
degree line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uSOiu_WUDw
The Dark Knight
Splicing It is simply a
matter of
rearranging
sounds. You
physically cut
out unwanted
words,
phrases or
sounds and
rejoin the
remaining
pieces with
adhesive
(splice) tape.
Old fashioned way of cutting sections of film out then
physically sticking them back together to form an
edit.
Transitions
eg. Dissolve,
fade, wipe
Used in post
production
combining scenes
or shots
Star Wars.
4. Cutaways the interruption
of a continuously
filmed action by
inserting a view
of something
else
The Godfather.
Point of view
shot
is a short film
scene that
shows what a
character (the
subject) is
looking at
(represented
through the
camera)
Friday the 13th
https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v
=hdIF3etIlYM
Shot reverse
shot
one character
is shown
looking at
another
character
(often off-
screen), and
then the other
character is
shown looking
back at the
first character.
The
Hunger
Games.
https://www.
youtube.com/
watch?v=o1E
y0a6LJRA
Providing
and
withholding
information
try make the
narrative more
dramatic by giving
the audience more
information or
taking away
information
Silence of the lambs,
mainly any film
where it doesn’t give
away the plot line
straight away
building suspense
and keeping the
audience intrigued.
5. Editing
rhythm
relations
between shots
function to
control film
pace.
Mad Max
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wCrdINidls
Cutting to
soundtrack
the pace of the
cuts are motivated
by how fast the
song is .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg
Taylor Swift- Blank space.
