EDITING: TECHNIQUES & TRANSITIONS

Alternative Editing
Define alternative editing
Styles different to classic Continuity Editing

Can you define Montage in your own words?

Tutor Definition
A series of clips to show a film

What is the purpose of New Wave Editing?

This is where seemingly unconnected shots are spliced together to produce a
further, often symbolic, meaning.
This is where the rules of continuity editing are deliberately broken to create
visible editing

For each style copy the explanation or write down your own and find an
example video...
Style
Superimposit
ion

Split Screen

Definition
Superimposition work like
dissolves showing us two
images at once (often one
layered on top of another).
Again similar to a dissolve
they suggest a connection
between the two images
Split screen has many uses.
It can be used alongside
montage to show scenes
happening at the same time,
it can allow us to watch two
events unfold, it can show

Example

The Wrong Man

The X-Files
Triangle (1998)

Temporal
effects (slomo/speed
up)

Freeze
Frames

Limited/No
Cutting

Visual Effects

two different verions of

events or simply show us
different angles of action
occurring
Speeding up can allow you
to explain events in a quick
fashion or be used for
comedic effect. Slow Motion
allows you to exaggerate
certain moments and really
let the audience appreciate
and feel the images. It can
also be used to allow
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audiences to details that
occur quicker than the eye
can see. Slo mo and speed
up can also be used together
for great dramatic effect,
creating, creating a rhythm
and pace in action.
Freeze Frames force the
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audience to look at one
particular shot, can freeze
action at critical times and
are a perfect partner of
narration.
No or limited cutting really
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force the audience to watch
a scene. It can be
uncomfortable and is often
used to make an audience
think about what theyre
seeing and feel
claustrophobic.
Visual Effects when not
made to be seen as part of
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the film can often be used to
create a certain style or
highlight key information to
the audience.