EDITING: TECHNIQUES & TRANSITIONS

Alternative Editing
Define alternative editing

Styles different to classic continuity editing.

These styles are often not concerned with making sure the viewer is seeing a
believable space in front of them.
However, they can still manipulate the audience as the viewers have
suspended their belief.

Can you define Montage in your own words?

Tutor Definition

Montage is multiple videos or films put together to create meaning.

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 Definition Example
Superimposit Work like dissolves showing
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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 500 days

aused alongside montage to
show two scenes happening
 at the same time. It can
allow us to watch two events
unfold, it can show two
different versions of events
or simply show us different
angles of action occurring.
Temporal Speeding up can allow you 300
effects (slo- to explain events in a quick
mo/speed fashion or be used for
up) 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
audiences to detail that
occur quicker than the eye
can see.
Slow-mo and speed up can
also be used together for
great dramatic effect,
creating a rhythm and pace
in action. This is called
speed ramping.
Freeze Freeze frames force the Good fellas
Frames audience to look at one
particular shot, can freeze
action at critical times and
are a perfect partner of
narration.
Limited/No No or limited cutting really hunger
Cutting force the audience to watch
a scene. It can be
uncomfortable and is often
used to make an audience
think about what they are
seeing and feel
claustrophobic.
Visual Effects When not made to be seen Deadpool
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be used to create a certain world
style or highlight key
information to the audience.