Editing

Editing is of which the process of looking at the footage from the shoot during the making within a film/tv programme furthermore placing it in the desired order and interlinking it together.

The speed of editing helps you to determine the mood of what is occurring on the screen. Scenes at the beginning of the film are slow paced as its to introduce the story but also the characters so we are able to understand what is going on. As the film goes on scenes then may be come shorter as the editing cuts between telling 2 story lines or more at the same time.

Style of editing; How are shots linked together, the movement from one shot to the next is called transition.

Straight cut; Most common and invisible form of transition. One shot moves instantaneously to the next without attracting the audiences attention. Straight cuts help retain reality, they do not break the viewers suspension of disbelief.

Dissolves; Fading one shot of the screen while another shot fades in.
The audience will be able to see both shots on the screen at the mid point of the dissolve. They are used to usually show connection between two objects or two people.

Fades; A gradual darkening or lightening of an image until it either becomes black or white. One shot will fade until only a black or white screen can be seen. They're used to indicate a particular section of time within the narrative or can show the passing of time.

Wipes; One image is pushed of the screen by another it's typically found in star wars films.

Jump cut; Is where the audience attention is brought into the focus on something very suddenly. This occurs by breaking the continuity editing therefore known as discontinuity. It appears as if a section of the sequence has been removed.