editing

editing is hidden art form. but without it a film wouldn't make sence the make of a good editer is the fact that you cant see there work at all, the more hidden the edits are meens the better the film is. an editers job can be really hard. continuity is key. continuity is where the time streem is right in the film. eg a continuity error would be if two people were talking to each othe then suddenly in the next shot they had changed places or a more extreem example, the person in one shot is tall and skiny but in the next hes short and fat. when did that happen? continuity errors rip the audence out of a film. and its an editers job to make sure that that dosn't happen. another unseen part of an editers job is to make action parts actiony and slow parts slow. if you have a seen where two people are having a convosation then it brakes out into a big fight. at the first part the edits would be slow focusing on each person hows talking and maybe holding on peoples faces to show emotion but in the fight the edits would be points of a second apart and rushed around the room to show the chaos going on. if the editor didn't do this you would not be drawn into the film and get really board. a good example of this is a scene in rome where a man and a woman are talking then it gos to a synagogue where a fight brakes out. i will find a link soon.