The document discusses editing in film and television production. Editing involves assembling shots together to create a coherent narrative by cutting sound and images together. Shots are assembled using transitions that are carefully selected to maximize continuity and audience understanding. Shots vary in length and rhythm, which can manipulate audience emotions when edited together. The document asks the reader to research continuity, rhythm, and transitions using provided links and define them in a table.

1. editing

2. What is it? Editing forms the post-production part of any production process. It is necessary in assembling shots together to create a coherent whole production. It is the process where sound and images are cut together to create a narrative.

3. Creating the narrative Shots are assembled together by transitions which are carefully selected in order to maximise continuity and aid audience understanding. Shots vary in length (duration) and when edited together have a rhythm which can manipulate audience emotions and reading of a situation.

4. So what is continuity, Rhythm and a Transition? You tell me……… Use the links and media studies reference books to complete the table provided. You only have 30 minutes to do this. we will then feed it back as a class before viewing an extract of a TV drama where you will identify a variety of different transitions and discuss what you think their effect is. http://www.waikato.ac.nz/film/handbook/glossary.html#editing http://www.springhurst.org/cinemagic/glossary_terms.htm#Match%20cut http://195.12.22.187/sfeu_dotnet/uploads/documents/Higher%20Media%20Studies%20Glossary.pdf

5. Continuity editing

6. Continuity editing

7. Cause and effect

8. Match on action

9. Shot – reverse shot & 180-degree rule A B 2 3 1 4

10. Break in continuity?

11. Editing speed / pace

12. Editing software