Editing 101: The 3 Types of Structural Editing | Editor Richard Pepperman

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Editor/Professor Richard Pepperman sits down with H8URS to discuss the 3 types of structural editing-- Cross-Cutting, Parallel Editing, and Intercutting.
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[@timwhite794]

Beautifully explained and excellent examples. 😊 Thank you

[@thelifeandtimesoftheunconv4536]

What style of editing brings the most intense feel?

[@VIK_1903]

There's no answer to your question. It depends on many many many things

[@frnkrry8938]

It all depends but if you're trying to make a scene that's supposed to feel fast and anxiety inducing, many cuts can help create that feeling as you bombard your audience with new perspectives to take in, but if a scene is supposed to be more suspenseful and emotional, the stillness of very few cuts can add to the tension of the audience waiting for something to occur and sitting on the edge of their seats for it. Long shots also work in action to create a sense of spontaneity, like if i cut to a guy behind the protag then maybe youd be expecting an attack, but if I did it in one take you don't get that sort of anticipation (think the battle scenes in 1917 where it feels like anything could happen)
More sentimental scenes also go better with lingering shots that don't cut, it lets you contemplate and be in the moment.
And cutting between many different shots can create momentum, context, and a whole new meaning (like a shot of a soccer ball in a playground by itself doesnt mean much, but if i cut to a shot of a mother standing in the street and looking at the ball with fear in her face it takes on a whole new meaning)

[@acdragonrider]

@@VIK_1903 Yeah that was a very abstract question.