Editing

Mariatou Hydara

Continuity Editing

A editing style which allows different clips to look and seem smooth so that

it can give a clear narrative to the audience.

Rules:Establishing shot Shot reverse shot

180 º rule 30 º rule

Crosscutting Match on Action

Eyeline Match Re-establishing shot

180 Degree Rule

Is a distance that two characters/objects must keep apart to keep a consistent spatial relations. If the camera passes over the

imaginary axis of the 180 degree connecting the two subjects then the shot will be named

as ‘crossing the line’.

Eyeline Match Edit

An eyeline match is used to show the audience what the character is looking at. This is done by showing the characters movement towards the object it is looking at then the camera moved to

show the object.

Jump-Cutting

two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only

slightly. This type of edit causes the subject of the shots to appear to "jump" position in a

discontinuous way.

Note:Continuity editing uses a guideline called the "30 degree rule" to avoid jump cuts- The 30

degree rule advises that for consecutive shots to appear "seamless," the camera position

must vary at least 30 degrees from its previous position.

crosscutting

Used in films to establish action occurring at the same time in two different locations. In a cross-cut, the camera will cut away from one action to

another action, which can suggest the simultaneity of these two actions but this is not

always the case.

Point-Of-View

Film scene that shows what shows the audience/viewers what the character is looking at through the camera. This is a

technique that shows one of the foundations of film editing.

Shot-Reverse-Shot

is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character. Then this repeats it self by showing the

other character that the first character was looking at looking at them back. we as the viewers are then assumes that they

are looking at each other because they are opposite each other.

Transitions

Straight Cut

A Basic Cut: Shot that ends abruptly at the end of a scene and begins abruptly at the begin

of the scene

Contrast Cut

it is to strategically cut a scene to juxtapose the two subjects. For example someone a solider playing hide and seek with his child may suddenly have a flash back to hiding at a back of an army truck in the war. The sound would

also change according to the change and contrast of the two different scenes, so it may have a joyful song while he is playing with his child and

then a loud explosive sound to show he is in a different environment.

L Cut/Split Edit

Form Cut

Match Cut

Parallel Editing Cut

Fade in/out

DissolveWipe

Morph