Introduction to editing

Horror movie
What is editing?
Editing is the process of selecting from different shots and joining them together to tell a story.

What is elliptical editing?
Allows to fill in the gaps. The shot shows us the character waking up without showing us her sleeping, this takes up less actual time on screen.

Why are long shots used?
The use of long shot is used to remind us where she is and that she is alone.

What is non-diegetic sound?
Music being played which can be heard by the viewer and not the character.

How do we know she is bending down to pick up the ring? (What shots are being used and why?)
Close up shots has been used to show us what she is looking at and her reaction on her face followed by the reverse shot of her looking down makes us follow the direction of her picking up the ring. Its a simple way of going to the point of the girl picking up the ring.

Hustle
Overhead establishing shot - What does this achieve?
The director sets out the space where the action will take place and the characters positions within the room.

What is shot reverse shot?
By cutting back and fourth between the two men we assume that they are looking at and talking to each other.

What is eye line matching?
The character standing up looks offscreen and down whereas the character sitting down looks offscreen and up making it out that the two men are looking at each other.

Why do we cut to the other members of the group?
So the viewers are able to see what the characters faces and reaction will be to the plan and to each other.

What is a wipe?
Moving the action to a different location.

What is the effect of using quick-cuts?
Makes the story more slicker as it is made up from 26 different shots.