Continuity editing flows shots together seamlessly without visible cuts, maintaining realism. Montage editing makes cuts apparent to introduce new meaning. Transitional editing uses visual effects like fades or dissolves between scenes to maintain flow without abrupt cuts.

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2. Continuity editing: This is editing where all the shots in a scene flow together well and cuts from the camera are not visible in the footage. In the video below, there is an action scene from a movie where two men engage in an intense battle. During the fight scene, there is a cut made every 1 or 2 seconds to a new angle/shot. The sequence of shots do not show any blatant editing, they do not portray any cuts from the footage at all. High quality editing makes sure of this. This editing is done in order to add to the realistic value of the movie, as well as the visual quality of the scene. Viewers do not want to see black-outs and camera cuts while watching.

3. Montage editing: In contrast to continuity, this type of editing makes the shot cuts apparent. The audience is fully aware of the cut outs as they are visually displayed in the scene. This type of editing was introduced in the 1920’s as a political soviet that wanted to make a new way of creating a new meaning out of seemingly unrelated shots.

4. Transitional editing: Transitions are added in order to make cuts from one scene to another without making it look like a montage edit. It tries to cut off the scene with a flow and a visual effect. Types of this include cut editing, fade through, stripping, Blending, Dissolve cut, or jump and matched cuts. Others include a motivated cut, involving making the viewer want to see something that is not currently visible via effects, and the cutaway shot, which consists of secondary action occurring while the main action is…