Editing Techniques

1. Izzy Chambers
Editing Techniques

2. Continuity Editing
This is used to keep scenes flowing smoothly
by showing no seams between different scenes.
This method is generally used in films as the
producers want your focus to be on the film
father then then the editing its self. Also this
way will make the scenes look more realistic as
they will flow like real life.

3. Directional Editing
This is all about how the camera is positioned to
ensure that a person or object continues to
move in the same direction, instead of
switching. For example if a person is walking
into a door to the left the camera must be
positioned so it looks like the women is
continuing to walk in the same direction.

4. Parallel Editing
This is a technique of alternating two or more
scenes that often happen simultaneously but in
different locations. If the scenes are
simultaneous, they generally culminate in a
singular place, where the character within the
different scenes confront each other.
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5. Shot reverse shot
This is a film technique where one character is
shown looking at another character and then
the character is shown looking back at the
same character.
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6. Graphic Match
The term graphic match is one of the many
editing techniques used to continuously
transition two successive shots. A graphic
match creates a cut between two shots that
juxtapose their graphically similar images.
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7. Point of view cutting
This is a technique which relates two shots
together. For example a shot may be of a
women and she is looking at an object on a
table the next shot will be the object. This is
another type of eye line match.
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8. Eye line Match
This is where the audience can see what the
character on screen is looking at.
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9. Match On Action
This is where the editor cuts from one shot to
another view that matches the first shot's action.
A common example is a man walking up to a
door and reaching for the knob.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laUPi7MPO
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10. Insert Shot
An insert shot is a shot of part of scene what is
filmed at a different angle and focus level.
These shots emphasise a different aspect of the
action. Close ups are generally the shoot used
in a insert shot.
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11. Cross or inter-crossing
This 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTIUK1cYOj4

12. 180 Degree Rule
This is the rule that actors should have the
same left/right relationship to on another. When
the camera passes the invisible axis this is
called an reverse shot.
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13. Cutaway
This is an interruption in a continues film, that
cuts away to a different action. It is most
commonly used in dramatic films to adjust the
pace of the main action.
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