Film Editing

Film editing is an art of storytelling practiced by connecting two or more shots together to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an entire movie. Its the work of selecting and joining together shots to create a finished film. Film editing is the only art that is unique to cinema and which separates film making from all other art forms. Editing is the art, technique, and practice of assembling these shots into a consistent whole.A film editor works with the layers of

•  Images
•  Story
•  Music
•  Rhythm
•  Pace
•  Shapes
•  Actors Performances
•  Re-directing 
•  Re-writing the film during the editing process

Film editing can be used in various ways:

1.  It can create sensually provocative montages
2.  It can bring out the emotional truth in an actor's performance
3.  It can create a point of view on otherwise obtuse events
4.  It can guide the telling and pace of a story
5.  It can create the illusion of danger where there is none
6.  Surprise when we least expect it
7.  A vital subconscious emotional connection to the viewer.

A film editor is a person who practices film editing by assembling footage into a coherent film. Film editors often are responsible for pulling together all of the elements of story, dialogue, music, sound effects, visual effects, rhythm and pace of a film. 

There are various types of editing used in film making to make the film look more effective and realistic, cuts and transitions and other different types of editing techniques are used in films to make it look original.  The different types of film editing techniques are:

Cut 

A visual transition created in editing in which one shot is instantly replaced on screen by another.

Cross cutting
Cutting back and forth quickly between two or more lines of action, indicating they are happening simultaneously.

Dissolve 
A gradual scene transition. The editor overlaps the end of one shot with the beginning of the next one.

Establishing shot 
A shot, normally taken from a great distance or from a "bird's eye view," that establishes where the action is about to occur.

Fade 
A visual transition between shots or scenes that appears on screen as a brief interval with no picture. The editor fades one shot to black and then fades in the next. Often used to indicate a change in time and place.

Wipe 
Visible on screen as a bar travelling across the frame pushing one shot off and pulling the next shot into place.

Final cut 

The finished edit of a film, approved by the director and the producer. This is what the audience sees.