Story Telling
Editing can be used to help move a storyline forward, and supply the footage with a clear beginning, middle and end. This can be seen in the following homemade clip from an american university.
Engaging the viewer
This can also be used to engage the viewer into the storyline, make them feel involved with the internal workings of the film.
Development of Drama/Creating Pace
Editing can help bring a sense of urgency to a scene as well as calmness between action sequences for example, speeding up the pace of editing causes the viewer to become anxious about what is happening or is about to happen.
Relationship to genre
Different genres use different editing techniques to convey that specific genre, e.g. Action uses a lot of quick cuts to show the intensity of the scenes. Whereas a comedy might have slower cuts as they generally don't get too tense. The following sequence shows several examples of how an action film can use cuts to emphasise tension.
Creating motivation
A film can become motivated by having a series of smooth continuity friendly shots, such as a conversation between two people. Getting the shot near perfect in relation to the last shot, keeping the cuts steady.
Combining shots into sequence
This is when you edit several different shots taken at separate times and edit them together to form a seamless sequence. An example of this is seeable in the final fight scene of "Mr and Mrs Smith"
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