The Development of Editing (Technology and Theory)

Editing is a crucial part to moving image and without it a lot of films and media would be dragged out or lack the impact in which editing brings to the story being told through the media outlet. Editing is mostly used to immerse an audience in the media and make it so they the editing is done so well in continuity that the audience forget they are actually watching a movie but editing can also be used for certain genres as well. For example jump cuts can be used in the horror genre to create jittery looking footage and shock the audience with the jarring movement or help cause jump scares to the viewers.