This Simple Editing Technique Will Make Your Scenes More Dramatic & Powerful1 min read

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Film editing is, by its very nature, a study in manipulation.
On a surface level, we manipulate the order of events unfolding on screen. We choose what a character says or doesn’t say simply by including or excluding certain pieces of media from our timelines. We can even take completely unrelated pieces of video or audio and give them new meaning, as well as change the meaning of everything around them, depending on where they’re placed in the timeline. That’s a lot of power.

On a much more subtle level, however, an experienced editor can greatly enhance the emotionality of a scene using different types of temporal manipulations. They can compress time to build energy and make everything seem faster and more kinetic. They can decompress, or lengthen, certain periods of time in order to accentuate the emotionality and drama of any given moment. These are the types of manipulations that separate the good editors from the great ones.

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