Wednesday 8 October 2014

Editing



 
Editing
Editing helps construct the narrative. We are so used to editing we barely notice it. Editing is usually ''invisible''. Editing can be used to condense long, boring activities in to quick  bursts of visual information. A simple edit is called a cut it is called this because it cuts to different parts of film getting of bits you don't need. In the assassination scene in North by Northwest from Roger Thornhill getting in the taxi and to the scene where he is looking down from the UN building there are 26 cuts, this is there so you can focus on the reactions of people. The pace of editing can be used to create excitement and tension for example in the shower scene of Psycho when Marion is being stabbed the pace is fast but as she dies the pace gets slower.
 
Types of editing
  • Dissolve: dissolve is when a scene dissolves into another scene.
  • Fade out/in: fading is when one scene fades to a complete black then another fades in.
  • Wipes: Wiping is where one scene wipes across another scene revealing/ replacing the next one this can happen from any direction
  • Iris:  An iris replaces the last scene by appearing from the centre like an iris of the eye
  • Jump cuts: Jump cuts are when two scenes that feature common elements right after one another so something stays the same but the rest changes. This is used for disorienting or comedy effects.    
  
The cuts in North by Northwest
 
The ''Sinister'' trailer is a good example of these editing types. 

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