Codes and Conventions: Editing
For the exam, you need to talk about types of editing and the EFFECT that it has on the moving image text in question. You'll need to know about any or all of the following things:
The following are all examples of CONTINUITY EDITING, where editing is supposed to make sense of time and place for the viewer:
- Cuts- these are the instant switches between shots, always use the word cut.
- Transitions- switches between shots that take time, like dissolves, fades and wipes.
- The frequency and rhythm of cuts- how often cuts happen whether they happen at the same time as actions or sounds
- Specific editing techniques- Shot reverse shot, cross cutting, action matches etc
Examples of NON CONTINUITY EDITING techniques include flashbacks/forward, montages etc.
- Jump cut- a cut that suddenly shifts position or time unnaturally, in order to communicate that something is wrong.
- Cutaway- cutting to a brief shot in a sequence for a variety of technical or narrative reasons- it will be of a shot NOT covered by the master shot.
- Insert- Similar to a cutaway but it will cut to a shot that IS covered by the master shot.
Transitions:
- Dissolve- one shot blending into another with no fade in between.
- Fade in- Fading into a shot from a colour commonly black.
- Fade out- Fading out of a shot from a colour commonly black.
- Smash cut- Cutting from something very calm into something very abrupt or the other way round.
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