Moving Image Arts Glossary

e

Editing
Editing helps to give us the feeling that everything in a scene is taking place in real time, even though the scene can be made up of several different shots which weren't necessarily filmed in order. Many films and drama scenes are filmed with one camera, shooting the scene over and over again with the camera in different positions. It will then be edited so that the scene seems to have only happened once in front of several cameras.

Extreme Close-up
This shows just above the eyebrows to just below the mouth, or even closer. The audience sees what the person is thinking or feeling. It can also make them seem threatening.