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    Continuity editing and montage are two common film editing techniques. Continuity editing makes time seem to flow continuously from one shot to the next through matching cuts, while montage assembles different images to build an impression. Transitions like cuts, dissolves, and wipes describe how one shot replaces another. A/B rolling is a technique used to hide splices between shots by alternating segments on two separate film reels. Non-linear video editing allows random access to footage and flexible editing, but requires capture and rendering time, while linear editing directly records footage in its final order.

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    Continuity editing and montage are two common film editing techniques. Continuity editing makes time seem to flow continuously from one shot to the next through matching cuts, while montage assembles different images to build an impression. Transitions like cuts, dissolves, and wipes describe how one shot replaces another. A/B rolling is a technique used to hide splices between shots by alternating segments on two separate film reels. Non-linear video editing allows random access to footage and flexible editing, but requires capture and rendering time, while linear editing directly records footage in its final order.

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    Continuity editing and montage are two common film editing techniques. Continuity editing makes time seem to flow continuously from one shot to the next through matching cuts, while montage assembles different images to build an impression. Transitions like cuts, dissolves, and wipes describe how one shot replaces another. A/B rolling is a technique used to hide splices between shots by alternating segments on two separate film reels. Non-linear video editing allows random access to footage and flexible editing, but requires capture and rendering time, while linear editing directly records footage in its final order.

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    Continuity editing and montage are two common film editing techniques. Continuity editing makes time seem to flow continuously from one shot to the next through matching cuts, while montage assembles different images to build an impression. Transitions like cuts, dissolves, and wipes describe how one shot replaces another. A/B rolling is a technique used to hide splices between shots by alternating segments on two separate film reels. Non-linear video editing allows random access to footage and flexible editing, but requires capture and rendering time, while linear editing directly records footage in its final order.

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    Continuity editing - The majority of film sequences are edited so that time seems to flow,
    uninterrupted, from shot to shot. Within a continuity editing sequence, only cuts will be used. Continuity
    editing can also involve cross-cutting, where a sequence cuts between two different settings where
    action is taking place at the same time.

    Montage - In montage, different images are assembled to build up an impression. This is often used in
    title sequences. The most famous example of this technique is the Odessa Steps sequence from
    Battleship Potemkin.

    Transitions describe the way in which one shot replaces the previous one:

    Cut - One image is suddenly replaced by another, without a visible transition.

    Cross-dissolve
    One image dissolves into another. This can be used to make a montage
    sequence - eg the title sequence - flow smoothly; it can also be used in
    continuity editing to show that we have moved forwards in time and/or space.

    Fade up - An image gradually fades in

    Fade out - An image gradually fades out. (Fades to and from black usually mean that time has passed )

    Wipe - One image replaces another without dissolving, with the border between the images moving
    across or around the screen.

    A/B Rolling
    A/B rolling is a technique used in film editing to hide ugly splices. When a splice (two pieces of film stuck
    together with splicing tape or glued with cement) rolls through a projector, the area of tape or glue will
    appear fuzzy. To eliminate this nasty blip in a finished film, the negative is a/b rolled.

    Two reels of the same length are placed side by side. The A-roll starts with the first segment of film.
    Where the second segment is, black leader is spliced (and later glued) into place frame for frame the
    length of the second segment. The third segment is placed on the A-roll after the black leader, and
    subsequent odd-numbered segments. In order to keep the negative of the scene clean and in-tact, the
    actual negative must be cut 1.5 frames longer both before and after the desired segment. The extra film
    is then glued to the black leader so where the film is attached is in the black leader portion.

    A-roll I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
    B-roll I I I I I I I I I I I I

    The B-roll contains the even numbered segments with black leader placed where the odd segments
    occur on the A-roll. The two rolls together make up the entire film, with every other segment being on
    the other reel.
    Dissolves

    Dissolves in film also require A/B rolling. A dissolve is an overlap of segments, with the first segment
    having the stronger image at the start, and gradually giving way to the second segment by the end of
    the dissolve. To create this effect, the two segments must overlap for the duration of the dissolve. This
    overlap occurs with A/B rolling. Where one segment would end and the black leader begin, instead the
    negative itself overlaps.

    A-roll
    B-roll

    Non Linear vs. Linear Editing


    Linear Video Editing

    With linear editing, there is no need to capture or render video. Everything is played once, in real time.
    Non-linear editing can be done in any order, after footage is captured into the computer. Effects require
    rendering time. (The computer needs to think about each frame an effect is applied to)

    How it works: linear editing involves editing directly between multiple VCRs. (or a VCR and a camcorder)
    One VCR acts as the record deck. This contains your master tape. The others (one VCR if you want all
    cuts, two if you want a dissolve [see a/b rolling]) are source decks. A linear edit controller uses time
    code, or the less reliable control track to control in and out points for recording onto the master tape.
    Footage on the master tape, in order to appear clean (no blips, glitches, etc) must be recorded in the
    exact order. While the original footage needs to be recorded in the order for the final program, it must
    be edited in order. The edit controllers allow an edit to be previewed before the footage is actually
    recorded, however once the edit is made, there is no undo button.

    Other drawbacks to linear editing:

    Quality is lost when recording tape to tape


    Program must be assembled in the final order
    To alter a clip that had been recorded earlier in the program, all video appearing afterward must
    be re-edited
    Graphics added over a clip (such as a lower third title) cannot be changed without re-recording
    the clip itself

    Nothing in the non-linear timeline is permanent. This means that at any point you can instantly check
    your work and make adjustments. It also means that you can easily experiment with audio and video
    possibilities, and make adjustments to any point in the timeline at any time in the editing process.
    However, an editor must deal with capture time, rendering time, and file management, all subject to the
    individual computers limits.

    http://www.mediacollege.com/video/editing/linear/linear-vs-nonlinear.html

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