Editing Analysis

For my editing analysis I'm going to using Age of Ultron as my example to show the different techniques used in editing.

Long Take
Whats very unique about this opening scene, and the main reason i chose to use is as my editing analysis video is that its a mainly one long take. This is extremely difficult and is very impressive, even to a hollywood standard. In filmmaking, a long take is a shot lasting much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general. Significant camera movement and elaborate blocking are often elements in long takes, but not necessarily so.

Quick Cuts
Quick cutting refers to several consecutive shots of a brief duration (e.g. 3 seconds or less). It can be used to convey a lot of information very quickly, or to imply either energy or chaos. In Age of Ultron, it is at the end of the long take, moments after Iron man gets a close up shot. Within 6 seconds, 5 different shots were shown.

Continuity Editing

Continuity editing is the process of combining more-or-less related shots, or different components cut from a single shot, into a sequence that is unnoticeable to the viewers and tells a story. In Age of ultron it is from the 1:10m onwards, showing Tron fighting the enemies and and the enemies marching at different angles.