Editing in Film PART 2

 Now that we know what editing in film is and have some insight on it. I will now present 5 visual editing techniques.

 Eyelines are determined by where an actor looks during a scene. They can help inform viewers of the scene's geography, as well as conveying actors' relationships and moods. Eyelines are also a powerful tool for telling a story through visuals and directing the eyes of the audience to portions of the frame.

Cross cutting in film is an editing technique that cuts separate actions together to illustrate moments that take place simultaneously within the narrative structure. The “rules” of cross cutting as far as their relation to scale and time are not overly strict, but the majority of cross cuts are used to show large scale events that occur across multiple locations.

Eye trace is a filmmaking technique that guides viewers’ eyes to certain areas of the frame through blocking, camera moves, color, lighting, and cuts.

Split Edit is a technique used in video editing where the audio and video portions of a clip are split and edited independently of each other.

Soviet Montage Theory is a film movement that took place in Soviet Russia during the 1910’s, 20’s and into the early 30’s. It was founded by Lev Kuleshov while he was teaching at the Moscow Film School.

A film-editing technique in which the editor cuts from one view in one shot to another view in another shot that matches the action and energy of the first shot.