The difference an Editor makes
We are story teller and first audiance, our job is highly complex.
And rarely understood
We sculpt, shave, cut, slice, trim.
We decide when to reorder
We decide when to add time
We decide when to take it away
When to tighten and when to let it breath
We impose form, structure, and logic
We enanche the performance of others and correct their mistake
What we choose to take away is as critical as what we choose to keep
Through hundreds of creative, selective and structural decisions and from hours of raw material
We create, jeopardy, tension, excitement but the less you notice our work the more successful we have been.
Techniques
CUT: cutting from one shot to another
CUT on ACTION: Cutting on action like, fighting, car chase, some other action.
CUTAWAYS: This technique refers to a shot from another scene interrupting an action shot.
CROSS CUT: Phone conversation
TRANSITIONS: Dissolve, fades, wipe
MATCH CUT: Matching objects/ composition/ time/ place/ action
JUMP CUT: Speed up things, packing, tension, pass time, getting ready for something and etc…
IRIS:
PASSING: Move/passing object
WHIP PAN:
SMASH CUT: contrast by sutiation, sound, visual and etc..
J CUT:
L CUT: