L03 - Editing

Editing involves changing how something looks and making something look better E.G. special effects, removing bits and adding bits.

- Transitions
- Cut
- Fade
- Dissolve
- Wipe

Continuity Editing - when you don't notice the editing because its invisible and it uses cuts.

Shot Reverse Shot: Juxtapose two images in order to create a link between them E.G. conversation sequence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xiCIMIwLY - the live event feel as all the action happening at once engages the viewing audience.

- Cross Cutting - Crossing to different scenes using cuts.
- Cutaway - The interruption of continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else
- Insert Shot - A part of a scene filmed from a different angle or focal length from the master shot.
- Eye-line Match - Being able to see what the actor is seeing..

Match Cut Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzHuFy494mk
This shows a matching cut scene that all shots and clips show the same conversations.

Master Shot - Establishes the space between the actors and characters before the action starts E.G. running or talking

Establishing Shot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBAeOTHtZVg

1) How many cross cuts are in the scene?

2) What was the purpose of cross cutting in the scene? To create suspense and we see more action at once and serves as pace of the situation.

3) How many stereotypes are challenged in the clip? the woman was powerful and independent, pretty much on the same level as James Bond with the action she was involved with.

Cross Cutting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c0B5lzBa0A this shows the irony of being at a baptism but sending a hitman to shoot and kill somebody.

A Cutaway Show - This is an interruption of a  filmed action by inserting a view of something else.

it is usually followed by a cut back to the first shot, cutaway edits relate to the main action, or provide more information about the story or location.
Sound Bridge - This is a sound editing technique that works with cut aways to give the audience more information

Sound Bridge Example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hqa34dZp-E 
This is an example of a cutaway shot as we can still hear the young man still speaking over the phone even though we can't actually see him talking down the phone.


An insert shot edit is always a close up or an extreme close up edit and designed to draw the audience's attention to something that was only a part of the previous shot.

An example of an insert shot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsUxVJufiUI

This is a good example of an insert shot because it its the follow on from the pervious shot but the same scene and has also gone into an extreme close up to grab the audience's attention making them want to know what it is saying.

Eyeline Match - An eyeline match is a kind of shot-reverse shot structure, which shows what a character is looking at. Can be followed up by a Reaction Shot which shows a characters emotions

Example of an Eyeline Shot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77KP_uWMrXI