Introduction to editing

Editing is a process of selecting different shots and footage, putting them together to tell a much more clearer story.

Elliptical editing is editing which allows you to fill in the missing gaps from a story line, it tells you a story without having to show visual images. This also speeds up the movie and saves allot of time.

non-diagetic is editing which involves sound, the sound is being played only for the viewer to hear and not for the character, which means we can hear it and not the actors it is usually put in film to build suspense and tension.

Long shots are used to show the characters surroundings, this also makes us as the viewer feel like we are there with the character.

We knew as the viewer that she was looking and bending down to pick up the ring because of the different use of effective shots. The camera shows the character looking down towards the ground then it cuts to a close up of her hand picking up the ring.

Over head shots are used to show and set out the space were the actors are siting and the scenery, shows who is part of this scene being shown to the viewer.

The camera cuts to the other members of the group to show they are all speaking and listening to each other.

Shot reverse shot shows a conversation between two people and the shot angels go back and forth displaying both characters individually speaking to each other.

Eye line matching is used to show two people which are displayed in a shot reverse shot angel are speaking to each other, so there eye contact is fixed but they are both not used in the shot.

Wipe is a slick transition which moves one scene to a completely different scene in a modern and good looking way.

The reason why the camera cuts and shows each person which is in the scene and part of the group are all members of the group and also that they are all speaking and listening to each other.