Types of editing for our opening
- 1. Types of Editing for our Opening Fatma Sadiq
- 2. Cut • A visual transition created in editing in which one shot is instantaneously replaced on screen by another.
- 3. Jump Cut • A jump cut is a cut in film editing in which two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly. We will use a jump cut to show two people getting ready at once. This will give our opening the effect of jumping forwards in time.
- 4. Eye-Line match • An eye-line match is a film editing technique which is based on the premise that the audience will want to see what the character on-screen is seeing. The eye-line match begins with a character looking at something offscreen, followed by a cut to the object or person at which he is looking. For example, a man is looking off-screen to his left, and then the film cuts to a television that he is watching.
- 5. Cross-Cutting • Cutting back and forth quickly between two or more lines of action, which we indicate in our opening that the actions are happening simultaneously.
- 6. Slow motion • Slow motion is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down. Typically this style is achieved when each film frame is captured at a rate much faster than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving more slowly. • •
- 7. Fade • A visual transition between shots or scenes that appears on screen as a brief interval with no picture. The editor fades one shot to black and then fades in the next. We will use this to indicate a change in time or place.