The document discusses the history and techniques of film editing. It explains that early films did not use cuts, which made it difficult to tell a story, but that Edwin Porter developed the idea of cutting between shots. It also describes how Alfred Hitchcock used subtle and fast cuts in Psycho to depict violence without directly showing it. Finally, it outlines some editing techniques like using pace, juxtaposition, matching action, and following the 180 degree rule to convey mood, tension, and a sense of continuous time.

1. EDITING
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2. EDITING BACK IN THE DAY
 Editors initially just captured what amused and interested them.
 They held a shot until they got bored or the film ran out.
 Didn’t use cuts – couldn’t tell the story – led people to think there’d
never be a future of cinema
 Edwin Porter was the first man to come up with the idea of cutting
 Robert W Paul created the first machine that did cutting – allowing film
directors to edit

3. PIONEER OF EDITING
 In the making of Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock wouldn’t allow the stabbing
of a naked woman to be shown on the screen as he though it would be
too easy and too over the top.
 Instead he used individual small cuts to edit together the brutal murder,
showing subtle snippets of violence which he said “created a whole
mirage of film”
 This allowed the story to be told well and create emotion and a
memorable scene from cinema history.

4. EDITING PACE
 The speed of cuts can basically portray different moods of the scene to
the viewers
 E.g. Slow cuts can suggest emotion and sadness in a scene, whereas
fast cuts can demonstrate tension, action, and uncontrollable events
like car chases.
 The first and most obvious thing to notice in a scene is the editing pace
as it shows an insight into the feeling and tempo of the sequence.

5. JUXTAPOSITION
 Editing often works through the juxtaposition of different shots to
suggest and create contrasting effects like tension and suspense
 E.g. A murder, then straight afterwards a scene of a child playing

6. MATCH ON ACTION
 Where the editor cuts from shot to another view that maintains the first
shots action, cutting on action gives the impression of continuous time.
Or you could say seeing the same action from a different view point.

7. 180 DEGREE RULE