The document discusses various film editing techniques, including seamless editing, continuity editing, motivated cuts, montages, jump cuts, parallel editing, maintaining the 180 degree rule, shot transitions, cutaways, point-of-view shots, shot reverse shots, providing and withholding information, editing rhythm, and cutting to soundtracks. Examples are provided for several techniques to illustrate their purpose and effect on audiences.

1. Technique Why would this technique
be used?
Give a detailed film
example and discuss the
purpose of this and the
effect this has on the
audience.
Seamless Seamless editing is where you
put two different pieces of film together
to create a neat, smooth piece of film
that runs into each piece of each other
easily.
Britney Spears – till the world ends.
Continuity
editing
Often, a part of continuity editing is to suggest
or explain cause. A good script (enhanced by
good editing) suggests or explains why things
happen.
For example, in a dramatic production it w ould
seem strange to cut to a shot of someone
answ ering the phone unless w e had heard the
phone ring. A ringing phone brings about a
response; the phone is answ ered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrdV
dKlxUk
Motivated A motivated edit or motivated cut as it is also
know n, is w hen the scene cuts to another
scene or object that w as not in the previous
frame. This is done in a discreet manner so as
not to come off as jarring to the audience or
break the illusion of continuity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liREm
4Zy1Ck
Montage Lots of clips showing a period of time
often to music.
Amazing Spider man 2 – Gwen grave.
Jump Cutting Jump cutting is a cut in film editing w here two
sequential shots of the same subject are taken
fromcamera positions that vary only slightly.
This type of edit gives the effect of jumping
forwardsin time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuPH
F7_eWYk
Parallel
editing/cross
cut
Shows action occurring in different
places at the same time. They are
linked.
180 degree
rule
Maintains seamless continuity so the
audience does not get confused.
Splicing Cutting and joining two bits of film
relates to old film making by cutting and
joining film that were on a reel.
Transitions
e.g. Dissolve,
fade, wipe
Changes from 1 shot to another.
Such as cut, dissolve, fade and wipe.

2. Cutaways Shot inserted between two shots e.g
psycho.
Point of view
shot
Clips showing what the character are
looking at and showing their reaction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdIF3
etIlYM
Shot reverse
shot
Camera faces at someone then face at
you and back to previous character.
Used to film conversations. Uses 180
rule.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xiC
IMIwLY
Providing and
withholding
information
How much information you provided and
keep back the audience engaged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj0JD
nQIZf0
Editing rhythm Pace of edit. Long takes more than one
minute before cutting to the next shot.
(Hitchcock) – quick cuts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MExM
2ZW9h3o
Cutting to
soundtrack
In music video cuts match the beats and
tempo. Mainly used in music videos
maybe when cutting to each band
member.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLps
e9Uqwng