Style of Editing

Editing
Editing is the process of looking at all the footage shot during the making of a film/TV programme and placing it in the desired order and joining it together.
There are two key areas of editing: Speed of Editing and Style of Editing.

Speed Editing
In a film, each scene can last a matter of seconds or minutes, but the length of each sequence establishes the pace of the film moving the action along. If the audience feels anxious the scene would be very quick, the scenes would change very frequently. It is the complete opposite if the audience is relaxed. However, some films do not need editing such as the Russian Ark, which was filmed in one take.




Style of Editing
This when how the shots are linked together. The movement of one shot to the next is called a transition. The are many techniques in the style. Firstly there is a fade. This is the gradual darkening or lighting. Wipes is when one image is pushed off the screen by another. Images can be pushed to the left or to the right, however it is more common for the image to be pushed to the left.