Learning the Basics of Movie Editing
before his action begins and keep shooting for an instant after the action ends. You should not only make sure of getting the complete picture. but have additional frames for overlap or any other splicing contingencies. Always bear in mind the continuity truism that one cannot put into film while editing what was not registered on film when shooting.
As for tempo, editing gives you a shining opportunity to put into your picture more snap and speed where called for, or to pace it at more tranquil rate of movement when that is appropriate. This, as we have seen earlier, is controlled by the length to which you trim your scenes and by the use you make of cut-ins and cut-aways. Remember that there isn’t too much danger of making your shots too short when editing for tempo. It is a far more common fault for movies to drag than to move too briskly.
