1. Editing
The Gloaming
• What is editing?
The process of combining and arranging audio, video, effects,
transitions, and graphics in a sequence to produce a program.
What is Elliptical editing?
Makes screen time shorter than story time by cutting out
unnecessary actions; condenses time by inferring total actions
we only see in part.
• Why are long shots used?
Shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended
to place it in some relation to its surroundings.
• What is ‘non-diagetic sound’?
Sound that cannot be heard by the characters in the film but, is
designed for audience reaction only.
• How do we know she is bending down to pick up the
ring? (what shots are used and why?)
Close-ups are used in for that scene as well as elliptical editing
which makes the scene more interesting and dramatic to, keep
the audience interested and in suspense.
Hustle
• Overhead establishing shot – what does this achieve?
Generally a long shot or extreme long shot used to show the
setting.
• What is Shot-Reverse-Shot?
A shot of one subject, then another, then back to the first. It is
often used for conversation or reaction shots.

2. • What is Eye-line matching?
Is a shot that gives an effect of the actors’ eyes looking at each
other during a conversation not to make it look as if the cameras
aren’t present.
Why do we cut to the other members of the group?
the film cuts to other members of the group to see their
reactions towards the conversation which is currently being
had.
• What is a wipe?
In film editing, a wipe is a gradual spatial transition from
one image to another. Another replaces one image with a
distinct edge that forms a shape. A simple edge, an
expanding circle, or the turning of a page is an example.
• What is the effect of using quick cuts?
Quick cuts have less to do with specific actions and more to
do with increasing the pace of a scene where warranted. The
most obvious example being an action sequence for
example; when two people are yelling at each other so you
cut back and forth between them a lot faster, often
overlapping dialogue, in order to increase the
tension/emotions between them.