Editing Evaluation

With editing then i edited most of the film as Nicole prefered the filming and i prefered to do the editing, i like to cut the scenes in together and make sure we select the right out take from the filming to fit the film right. I found when editing then putting the right transitions made jumping from one angle from the other less jumpy and looked better, i also thought that putting in titles to show what is happening and when it is happening to show the audience what is happening, i used a black background for this and i also putting a black transition in for a long time between scenes when something is happened to show that they are at different times. Most of the filming wasn't jumping from one angle to the other as i remembered everytime we filmed to keep to the 30 degree rule because this keeps the film from jumping as if it is less than 30 degrees the camera angles switching looks bad.
I also feel as you watch our film you will come across some of these cuts as i will explain to you what each cut is so you can notice it:
Cutaway -showing something outside of the frame that could be of importance.
Cross Cutting - cutting from one action shot to another action shot happening somewhere else, usually covers up an edit e.g. someone getting away.
Reaction Shot- Showing the reaction of how the character is feeling/thinking.
Shot/Reverse Shot - Where the characters are shown facing each other, e.g. in a headmasters office the headmaster would be sat one side and the 3 kids on the other with him questioning them.
Elliptical Cut - The removal of time between shots.
These edits are used all the time but not picked up on, when watching through our 3 minute film opening then nearly all of these are used.