ABSTRACT
This chapter deals primarily with the frame and another essential tool: editing. If the editor is somehow having trouble cutting the scene, a cutaway to something else can be used to solve the problem. Most scenes involving two people can be adequately edited with singles of each person; whether are talking to each other or one is viewing the other from a distance, such as a shot of a sniper taking aim at someone. There is a special form of editing used in dramatic narrative filmmaking that does not aim for continuity at all; this is called montage. One type of continuity that plays a large role in the editor’s decision about choosing the edit point between two shots of an actor is head position. Continuity of position is most often problematic with props. Props that are used in the scene are going to be moved in almost every take.
