editing principles
- cause- effect
- action continuity
- construction of time
- construction of space
- eye-line matching
- graphic relation
causality principle- order creates the message
- editing permutations-
- multiplication principle of combination- we need to multiply to find the total permutations
- continuity edit
- it combines related shots without breaking the flow of the previous shot.
- it will give consistency in the story within time and the physical space
- Cutaways & inserts
- Cutaway-it takes the audience away from the main action or subject, showing a view outside of the main character’s environment.
- Insert- any shot with the purpose to focus the viewers attention to a specific detail within a scene. usually a close up
- Reaction shots
- Demonstrates how the characters within the story respond to the issue at hand.
- Edit must include these responses to create emotion and make the message clear.
- Match on action
- Editor cuts from one shot to another and matches the action of the shot. the sequence has a better ‘flow’ if you cut on action, instead of cutting within pauses.
- Cross cut
- Also known as parallel editing, cuts between 2 different scenes that are happening at the same time in different spaces.
- you can tell 2 stories at the same time.
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