This document provides descriptions of various film editing techniques, including seamless editing, continuity editing, motivated shots, montage, jump cutting, parallel editing/cross cutting, the 180 degree rule, splicing, transitions, cutaways, point-of-view shots, shot reverse shot, providing and withholding information, editing rhythm, and cutting to the soundtrack. For each technique, a brief explanation is given of what the technique is and what purpose or effect it has on the audience.

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 The
predominant
style of film
editing and
video editing in
the post-
production
process of
filmmaking of
narrative films
and television
programs.
Continuity
editing
The purpose
of this is to
smooth over
the inherit
discontinuity
of the editing
process and
to establish a
logical
coherence
between
shots.
Motivated Is where
shots are
carefully
chosen to
push a story
along and
make the
audience
believe what
they are
seeing.
Montage It is used to
compress
time and
shows a lot of
information in
a relatively
short period.
Usually shot
with music.

2. Jump
Cutting
Is where two
sequential
shots of the
same subject
are taken
from camera
positions that
vary only
slightly.
Gives the
effect of
jumping
forward in
time.
Parallel
editing/cros
s cut
The
technique of
alternating
two or more
scenes that
are often
happen
simultaneousl
y but in
different
locations.
180 degree
rule
It is when
you film a
scene using
separate
shots and
helps people
understand
where
everything is
in the scene.
Splicing You
physically cut
out unwanted
words,
sounds and
phrases and
re-join the
remaining
pieces with
splice tape.
Transitions
eg.
Dissolve,
fade, wipe
Refers to how
one-shot
ends and the
next begins
and the filmic
device that
bridges one
to the other.

3. Cutaways The
interruption
of a
continuously
filmed action
by inserting a
view of
something
else.
Point of
view shot
A shirt scene
from a film
that shows
what a
character is
looking at.
Shot
reverse
shot
Where one
character is
shown
looking at
another
character and
then the
other
character is
shown
looking back
at the first
character.
Providing
and
withholding
information
When you try
make the
narrative
more
dramatic by
giving the
audience
more
information
or taking
away
information.
Editing
rhythm
Is what
editors use to
keep pace of
the film up to
match the
action that is
going on in
the film.
Cutting to
soundtrack
When the
pace of the
cuts are
motivated by
how fast the

4. song is.