Media Film Role- Editing

Editing

For my film project i will be head of editing. When we do our final edit we shall be using a editing software called Premiere Pro. Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of film making. The editor works with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create a finished motion picture. The editing has been refereed as the 'invisible' art behind some of the greatest motion picture sequences of all time. The editing helps to establish a structure, tempo, mood, and style. 

Some types of editing techniques are:

Cut: 
A visual transition created in editing in which one shot is instantaneously replaced on screen by another.

Continuity editing: 
Editing that creates action that flows smoothly across shots and scenes without jarring visual inconsistencies. Establishes a sense of story for the viewer.

Cross cutting:

Cutting back and forth quickly between two or more lines of action, indicating they are happening simultaneously.

Dissolve: 

A gradual scene transition. The editor overlaps the end of one shot with the beginning of the next one.

Establishing shot:
 A shot, normally taken from a great distance or from a "bird's eye view," that establishes where the action is about to occur.

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. Often used to indicate a change in time and place.

Jump cut:
 A cut that creates a lack of continuity by leaving out parts of the action.

Montage:
 Scenes whose emotional impact and visual design are achieved through the editing together of many brief shots.

-Nathan Hardwick