Unit 21 BTEC

1. UNIT 21
ASSIGNMENT 1
W O R K I N G TO WA R D S D I S T I N C T I O N

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• To know and understand how editing techniques
have developed from historical examples until today
• To apply and analyse editing techniques to
elucidated examples
• To evaluate the impact and effect of these editing
techniques or how they have changed

3. STARTER
• Use the images to create new
meaning
• Select one image to come next
• Explain the meaning it creates

4. KULESHOV
&
EISENSTEIN

6. THE KULESHOV EFFECT

7. INTELLECTUAL
MONTAGE
• How would you describe this editing technique?
• What is its purpose?

8. INTELLECTUAL
MONTAGE
• Shots cut together that are rich in cultural, symbolic, or
political history
• Juxtaposition or colliding images to create meaning that the
audience interprets

9. METRIC
MONTAGE
• How would you describe this editing technique?
• What is it’s purpose?

10. METRIC
MONTAGE
• Edits are the same length
• Creates a sense of chaos, building tension
• Use of close ups ramps up that tension

12. RHYTHMIC
MONTAGE
• How would you describe this editing
technique?
• What is its purpose?

13. RHYTHMIC
MONTAGE
• The content of the shot dictates when the cut will
take place

14. TONAL
MONTAGE
• How would you describe this editing technique?
• What is its purpose?

15. TONAL
MONTAGE
• The edit reflects emotion, creates tone and emphasises
atmosphere
• The emotional character of the scene
• May reflect how a character is feeling
• Elicits reaction from the audience
• A motif or recurring idea

16. PARALLEL
EDITING
• This is when we cut between two locations to see the action
happening at the same time

17. GRAPHIC
MATCH
• Matching two environments together
• matching visual elements e.g. shape, size,
colour
• can be a visual metaphor

18. CUTTING ON
ACTION
• or matching on action when the editor cuts from one shot to
another view that matches the first shot’s action
• mid-action

19. JUMP CUT
• allows the editor to jump
forward in time