Editing This is the second of the 4 technical areas we are covering. You will need to learn all the editing techniques, cuts and other transitions. You will have to identify them in a clip Consider why they have been used & write about how they construct representations. Lesson 2/4

Cutting Today we move on to cutting (the activity of selecting what is seen and in what order). More specifically, the techniques used by directors that occur commonly in TV dramas. Editing

Cutting TechniqueMy guess for a definitionActual definition (if needed)Example / clip studied Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Working as a pair, complete all of the first column in the table: your own guesses for definitions.

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting & Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Editing

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot When one character is shown looking (often off- screen) at another character, and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character. Here’s an example, towards the end of the clip, when the rotund gentleman gets flirty with his visitor: ure=related ure=related Editing

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting & Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Editing

Editing: Cutting Eyeline Match Very simply, a character looks off-screen and then the viewers are shown what they were looking at. It plays on the assumption that we are naturally interested in what they are looking at. Here’s an example made by some embarrassed media students at a college: Editing

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting & Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Editing

Editing: Cutting Graphic Match This is when a second shot matches the first in some important compositional manner – such as colour, shape, etc. The most famous example is from 2001: A Space Odyssey: But there are other, less clever uses: Laurence! # Editing

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting & Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Editing

Editing: Cutting Action Match A cut made so that an action or movement is covered from two different angles, but the action is made to look continuous. Here’s an action match of a woman angry at losing a game of Scrabble to a clown: Editing

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting & Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Editing

Editing: Cutting Jump Cut The most discontinuous of non-continuous editing systems. The middle of a piece of action is missed out, and the footage ‘jumps’. Here is a short bit from Erin Brockovich with jump cuts in: Editing

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting & Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Editing

Editing: Cutting Crosscutting & Parallel Editing Where two sequences (usually in different locations) are intercut. They may be at the same time. Cross- cutting is the technique, parallel editing the style achieved. Here’s an interrogation taking place at the same time as a car chase: ature=related ature=related Editing

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting & Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Editing

Editing: Cutting Cutaway A cutaway is a secondary shot where a piece of footage of someone responding to something is inserted into the first piece of footage. Often you can think of it as a reaction shot. Here’s a cheesy interview video to demonstrate it: k&feature=related k&feature=related Editing

Editing: Cutting Shot / reverse shot Eyeline Match Graphic Match Action Match Jump Cut Crosscutting & Parallel editing Cutaway Insert Editing

Editing: Cutting Insert An insert where a shot of some detail is inserted into the main action to emphasise its importance. The item or whatever is part of the main shot, unlike with a cutaway. Editing

Which editing techniques can you identify in the following clips? Write them down and we’ll discuss them together. Waterloo Road (Maxine) w&feature=player_embedded w&feature=player_embedded