convention and techniques

1. Editing
Conventions and techniques

2. In- camera editing

3. Continuity

4. Following the action

5. Jump- cutting

6. Parallel Editing

7. Diegetic time

8. 180 degree rule

9. Wipe

10. Transitions

11. Withholding information

12. Cut away

13. Lesson Aims:
• All of you will be able to explain
how editing works within a
scene.
• Most of you will develop your
editing terminology use.
• Some of you will be able to give
examples of how the
terminology works within an
editing scene.

14. Learning Outcomes:
• MUST be able to analyse transitions and
sound editing in video examples.
• SHOULD be able to question why
transitions and sound editing has been
used in examples.
• COULD compare transitions and sound
editing techniques using examples.

15. Providing and withholding
information
• Editors can choose whether to include or leave out
information for the audience.
• They do this by putting in shots to show some of the story
content or purposefully leaving them out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xG5hSOMGn0
• Why would you choose to provide the audience with
information as an editor?
• When might you withhold information in the storyline
and why?

16. Motivated Editing
• Motivated editing is where shots are
carefully chosen to push a story along
and make the audience believe what
they are seeing.
• For instance if there is a shot of
someone walking into a room and
looking around, it is best to then cut
to a shot of that actors point of view.
• This way the audience get to see
exactly what that actor sees and it
engrosses them in the story even
more.

17. Motivated Editing
Motivated editing is when a cut pushes the action
forwards.
It is used when something off screen alludes that
something is happening and then the cuts reveal what
that is.
Shot reverse shot is a technique used in conversation
that pushes the action forwards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xiCIMIwLY
What would happen if we didn’t use motivated editing?

18. Shot reverse shot
• Shot reverse shot (or
shot/counter shot) is a
technique where one character
is shown looking at another
character (often off-screen),
and then the other character is
shown looking back at the first
character.
• Since the characters are shown
facing in opposite directions,
the viewer assumes that they
are looking at each other.

19. Manipulation of time
• In film there are lots of ways that time can
be altered or played with.
• For instance using a montage, flashbacks/
flash forwards, slowing down/ speeding
up, time lapse, jump cuts and in some
cases special effects can all show a
difference in time.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNrS
NcaYiZg

20. Manipulation of diegetic time and
space
• Time and space can be cleverly
altered through an edit.
• There are many ways of doing
this such as;
- Slowing down/ speeding up
footage
- Using Jump cuts
- Creating a montage
- Time-lapse
- Special effects
- Parallel editing

21. Splicing
• Splicing is another
term for cutting
which derives from
film rather than
digital film methods.
This involves cutting
and sticking pieces of
film together, to
create a sequence.

22. Task: In pairs-10 mins
• Lesson 6- analyse a scene
on Moodle
• Look at the film scene and
analyse the areas you have
been given. 1-4
• Answer the question that
follows
• Explain why you think this.

23. Task & Homework
• Start writing your report.
• Research and use
examples of editing to
explain your points.
• Refer to the assignment
brief and lesson resources
for guidance.

24. Task: Find out what your editing term
means and give an example.
• Use the glossary on
Moodle to explain
what you think the
term means.
• Give an example or
add a link to illustrate
your point.