Editing

Cut – A sudden transition where two scenes are spliced together

Fade – (out) scene goes to black; (in) scene emerges from darkness

Dissolve – One scene fades out while another scene fades in

Wipe – One scene gradually erases and replaces another as if the new scene were a cloth wiping the other off screen

Dimensions of film editing:

- Graphic relations

- Rhythmic relations

- Spatical relations

- Temporal relations

Graphic relations:

- Permits interaction between any two shots based on pictorial qualities of the shots

-May be used to achieve smooth continuity or abrupt contrast

Rhythmic relations:

- Creates a sense of tempo between two shots based on the duration of each of the shots

- Classic example of tempo is in The Birds where successive shots gradually become shorter and shorter

Spatial Relations:

- Establishes or constructs the space between shots even though in actuality there may be great distances between actual physical locatons where shot

Temporal relations:

-Cues include information based on order, duration, and frequency

- Flash backs (or flash forwards) present shots out of presumed story order

Elliptical editing:

- Cutaways show a shot of another event elsewhere to ‘cover’ a change in time

- Presents action in such a way that it consumes less time on screen than it would in real life

Continuity editing:

- The basic purpose of continuity editing is to create a smooth flow between scenes

- The 180 degree rule ensures that relative postitions remain constant

- Master shot

- Matched cut

- Eyeline match

- Shot – reverse – shot – series

Alternatives to continuity editing:

- Jump cut

- Montage