Another the purposes of editing

INCLUDE Swipe cut, shooting/editing dialouge, pace, sound bridges, jump cuts,trimming cut, 180 degree rule,sequence shot, slow motion, the basics.
Swipe cut:

Shooting/editing dialouge:

Pace: The speed (or rhythm/ tempo) in which the events taking place are happing in, either very fast or fairly slow. In editing it's if you are decideing between a fast or slow sequence.

Sound bridges: When the scene begins with the carry-over sound from the previous scene before the new sound begins. Usually the sound will die down and is never usually abrupt.

Jump cuts: Jump cuts make the on screen movement very abrupt. Transitioning from shot one to two very quickly. These shots make it seem like the subject on screen has jumped foward in time.

Trimming cut: Trimming a cut is simply just shorting down a file of footage in order to make a scene shorter and to also erase earlier mistakes within filming. Orignally this was used in order to make the footage keep within the frame.

180 degree rule: In film making, the 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. Making a conversation seem more natural. It makes sure that the cameras are postioned on the same axis, previting the camera from moving in a 360 clockwise or anti clockwise formation. A good example of this rule is shown in an episode of Hannibal.

Sequence shot: A sequence shot is a shot which takes place over a long duration of following the action with the actors without the use of editing to help build and create the sequence. Making it flow better and looks less static and still. Pharrell's music video for the song Happy was originally filmed within one shot until they finally editited it into one whole sequence.

Slow motion: Slow motion is used to help the audience capture the full intensity or moment within a longer amount of times. Sometimes they are used to help emphasise a particular muscles strain or a particular emotion shown within the scene. Zack Snyder heavily realies on these features as seen in the movie 300.


During Big Daddy's death in Kick Ass editing helps us see things through the eyes of another perspective. It helps give a interesting viewpoint of the turn of events. This scene from Sucker Punch demonstrates an example of time lapse (when the samurai dies.) It helps us take in the accomplishment that she has completed. Signifying it as an important moment. The cigarette burn scene helps us understand the benefits of cutting and putting together footage. Now a days we tend to do this digitally so the burn is not relevant to modern film but demonstrates the point. Split screen is used as a common way of helping the audience understand the dire situations taking place all at one. Helping us to understand how tense the moment is. Graphing matching is used to help nicely transition the images together to make a good looking cut. Pace is used to help show the audience how quick or slow something is. Helping us to understant the mood of the situation and helping us to know how to feel during these scenes e.g. excitied. As well as this it can help us understand hiddden beauty like in Dredd where the some scenes are slowed down to presented complex yet visually appealing images.