Editing

One of the biggest factors and the most crucial element in making a movie look as cinematic and excellent as possible is editing.

• The goal of continuity editing is to show the text chronologically in order to highlight the progression of the story in real time and to give the spectator a sense of realism by creating the illusion of continuous filming. Through the use of continuity editing, a narrative is produced that comes close to accurately representing time travel. Audiences feel comfortable with a linear progression that reflects their everyday experience. 

• Action Match: When one shot cuts to another, the action or motion continues between the two shots. allows the viewer to see fluid motion despite a shot change. For instance, the editor might use an action match after we witness someone fire a gun so that we can see the bullet strike someone else. They would blend together perfectly so that we could see both points of view.

• When two different scenes taking place simultaneously at two different locations are cut between by the editor, this is known as parallel editing. This serves to highlight a difference or connection between them. For instance, the editor in The Godfather frequently switches between a kid being christened in a Catholic church and the brutal murder of numerous men. In this sequence, the brutality is highlighted by the cross-cutting between it and the religious and innocent portrayals of children.

• A cutaway is a quick shot that is not entirely necessary but is used to enter a scene to show a related action, item, or person that is not necessarily a part of the main scene before returning to the original view.

• When the first shot on the screen and the second shot start to obscure each other more and more, just the second shot is left.

• Ellipsis: the deletion or condensing of narrative material to quicken the action. 

• A sort of moving picture editing called a fade involves having the image progressively fade and vanish, leaving a white or black screen in its place.

• A linear story is one that is consecutive and has a start, middle, and end. A simple, sequential picture of events leading to a single resolution is offered by linear narratives.

• Montage: is a series of shots edited together to show time passing and something happening in that time.