Role of the Editor

The Role of the Editor

• the coordination of one shot to the next
• eliminate unwanted images, selecting only usable takes
• eliminate superfluous frames (those before the Director says action and after they say cut)
• decide the best way to transition from one shot to the next

The Editors job is closely tied to the Directors - Director will choose the way they want certain scenes to be shot.

'In The Blink of an Eye' - Walter March

Continuity editing

• establishing shot - creates a sense of time of day/time period where we are etc
• shot/reverse shot - over shoulder between conversations reactions/mystery
• 180 degree rule - camera stays on one side of the room
• 30 degree rule - move over 30 degrees
• crosscutting/parallel editing - showing things that are happing at the same time and cutting back and forth between the action
• match on action - continuing the shot of the action from a different angle
• Kushelov effect