The Cutting Edge Film

The film “Cutting Edge” was a very interesting piece on editing. I found it very informative and it hit very important parts on editing. I liked how it described cropping scenes and flowing the together. I further enjoyed when the different editors talked about their styles and how they edit clips based on how they think it will best fit because it provides incite and shows us how many different views there are when it comes to editing a movie or television show. I found it interesting when the different editors talked about how they do transitions from outside in one scene to inside in another scene if it takes place in the same building. For example the clip of the man walking up to the building and walking into the building and matching up the door opening on the inside to get a clear cut and a good transition.  The technique of jump cuts was also something I found interesting. It was interesting to see that an editor could jump from on cut to the next all in the same scene if there was nothing major or nothing happening with in the scene. I thought that maybe it would look off and the scene would not look right and just look like a bunch of cuts however it looks nice and actually brings the piece together and helps it move the scene along with out creating any gaps with in the scene. An editor is a very pivotal person in creating a film because they cut and put the film together. They decide for the most part which scenes make the storyline progress and flow at a pace that will not lose the audiences interest and drag out the storyline.  With out editors films would just be random scenes put together that did not make sense. This film showed the importance of that and the importance of different editing tools and styles.