Editing is focused on continuity to immerse the audience in the story and characters. The purpose of editing in drama is often identification with characters, creating conflict, and intensifying the action to make it seem fluid. Editing pace and juxtaposition are used to convey tempo and feel through fast or slow cuts. Common editing techniques include matches on action for seamless transitions, jump cuts to make transitions abrupt, crosscuts that alternate between scenes, cutaways to show point of view, and reaction cuts from the action to an actor's response.

1. Editing
 Editing is traditionally all about continuity editing
 Its sole aim is to get the story moving along and get the audience completely immersed
in the plot and characters
 In drama sequences, the purpose of editing is often:
 Identification (withcharacters)
 Conflict
 Intensification
 The function of this system is to make the action as fluid as possible, so that we are not
aware of the construction process
Editing Pace
 This is the speed and tempo of the cuts-slow can suggest emotion and fast can suggest
tension, action or uncontrollable events
 This is the first most obvious thing to lookas it gives an insight into the tempo and feel
of the sequence
 Juxtaposition is a visual contrast and through his juxtaposition, and the manner in which
we put these shots together
TheCut
 This is the most common editing technique. This can be used for trimming footage
together or deciding whatto show and when to show.
Thereisalwaysa reasonto cut
Matchon action
 A Cut that means there’s been a seamless move, withoutthe viewerpicking up on it, it
flowsand is unnoticed.
 Editorcreatesa visual bridge
JumpCut
 An abrupt switch, to make the audience notice it

2. Crosscut
 When a scene cuts from one scene to another then comes back again, can also be a
narrative.
Cut away
 One shot cuts away often to an action shot, to where someone is looking – fromseeing
someone to seeing their POV
Reactioncut
 From the action tothe actor
MatchedCut
 A cut between two objects/ people that graphically match (followsthe line of action)
Transitions
 Fade – fades out
 Dissolve– twoimages merge together
 Wipe – Optical effectwhen the shot is wiped away
 Superimposition– Twoormore images placed directly on top of each other
Montage
 A group of clips put together to create/effectmeaning
Slowmotion
 A clip slowed down to create a prolonged tension or seriousness
Longtake
 This is a shot that doesn’t cut away but instead ‘lingers’ on the action
Splitscreen
 Division of the screen in order to show twoor more lines of action simultaneously – this
can be referred to as parallel action