Editing
Editing: the process of selecting and arranging shots. A shot (or "take") is simply a series of uninterrupted frames--you can think of it as the duration of the camera going from 'on' to 'off,' or as the segment of film between two edits.
Continuity Editing is a system that seeks to maintain clear and linear narrative action. It smoothes over cuts in order to make a particular sequence visually coherent (Rear Window).
Elliptical Editing entails transitions or cuts that omit parts of an event, causing an ellipsis (...) in plot and story duration (Batman Begins).
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