Editing is term which is used to describe the process of looking at all the footage which has been shot during the making of a film placing it in the desired order and actually joining it together. When we are looking at editing in a film there are two areas to concentrate on:
Speed of editing-how long does each shot last?
When watching a piece of moving film of a certain length, it is visible that it has been joined together at certain appropriate points. Each scene may last a matter of seconds, or it could continue for minutes but the length of each sequence establishes the pace of the film moving action along. The speed of the editing will help determine the mood of what is happening within the scene- if the audience is to feel anxiety and suspense the editing will be quick (frequently changing scene). If a relaxed mood is desired, the scenes last longer ans change less frequently.
Style of editing-How each shot is joined to the next?
In the process of editing a film editor looks at the film footage that has been shot in production and joins shots together to make a continuous piece of film. The editor has various methods of doing this ans they will work in conjunction with the director to decide which to use.
Known methods are:
Straight Cut
Fade-out where the screen fades to black
Dissolve where one image is slowly brought in beneath another one
Wipe cut where one part of the screen moves to wipe across the other
Jump Cut where the audience's attention is brought into focus on something very suddenly
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