Editing Techniques Part 1

In this clip there is a lot of the Editing Technique known as a Straight Cut and is very common in all movies and shows a different perspective from a different camera in the same scene. 

In the first 15 seconds of this Clip there is a type of Edit known as a Fade and a Fade like a dissolve is used commonly to end one sequence and start a another and often creates a sense of mystery.

This editing Technique is known as a Montage and is when pieces of a film are selected, edited and pieced and is used to get a long period of time in the movie and shorten it and this editing technique is very common in the Rocky franchise.

Camera Shots

This shot is known as a Two shot or sometimes refereed to as a dual shot and it simple is two people in one frame and is most used to show emotions in both characters faces instead of just one of them.  

This shot is known as a Medium Close Up which typically features a person from the chest upwards and shows someone's facial expressions more clearly but not so much that their face becomes the main focus.

This shot is known as a Low angle Shot.This shot is used to make the character look gigantic and that they have a powerful presence and makes them seem like in-charge and intimidating.

This is known as a Point Of view shot puts you in the characters positions and you are seeing what that specific character is seeing and is used to make you feel apart of the film world.

This is known as an Over the Shoulder shot which is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective from the shoulder of another person and is most commonly used when two individuals are having a conversation. 

This is known as a High Angle shot and is where the camera angle is located above the eye-line and looks down on what is happening and make the figures inside it look powerless or vulnerable and are most commonly used to make a scene more dramatic. 

This is known as a Long shot where you can see a large amount of the scenery and you see the whole bodies of the people in the shot. It is most commonly used in genres such as thrillers, action or disaster movies to give a more thrilling effect. 

  

This shot is known as an Extreme close up or ECU where you can only really see features such as the eyes.

This shot is known as an Extreme Long Shot where people appear as very small and you can see a lot of the landscape.

This shot is refereed to as a mid shot but the proper term is a Medium shot where you can only see half the individuals body.

This shot is known as a medium long shot which is a combination of a medium shot and a long shot and you can only see the individuals knees and upwards.

This shot is known as a tilt shot where the camera is normally at a stationary position but is titled at an angle. 

This shot is known as a close up where you can see the individuals face and is normally used to capture someones facial expressions. 

Editing Techniques Part 2

This editing technique is known as a dissolve and some very early examples of this appear in the movie Citizen Kane. Dissolve's normally last around 1-2 seconds and are normally used to end one sequence and start another and overlaps the 2 scenes for the duration of the effect. Not very common in most movies these days and even back in the 1940's and 50's they weren't used loads in one movie, it was kept to a minimum to add more of a dramatic effect.

This is editing skill is known as a wipe which is very popular in the franchise Star Wars as seen in the clip above. A wipe is when one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.It gives the impression of one image "wiping" off another.