Editing

Editing

 

Without editing films would be too long and boring, it helps create and construct a narrative. It is used to condense long, boring activities into quick bursts of visual information. We are so used to editing that we barely even notice it and it can look 'invisible'.

 

In the assassination scene in North by Northwest between Roger Thornhill getting out the taxi and looking out the window of the United Nations building there are 26 cuts and they are most frequent during the convocation so we can see the reaction on the characters faces.

 

The pace of the editing can be used to create excitement and tension for example in the shower scene of psycho and when Marian dies the pace slows down as if her life is leaving her. The scene also transitions by showing a shot of the plug hole then a shot of her eye that is a similar shape and size.

 

 

 

 

 

Dissolve- when one scene dissolve into another and they overlap for a moment

 

 



Fade out/fade in- one scene fades out black or white completely and the other fades in
Wipes- one scene wipes across the screen, revealing or replacing the next scene.
Iris- The next scene replaces the last by appearing in the centre like the iris of an eye.

Jump cuts- two scene that feature a common element right after one another, so something stays the same whilst the rest changes this is used for disorienting or comedy effect.