Editing Techniques.

In the first 10 minutes of the 2008 film 'Twilight', editing techniques are used mainly for convenience, so that the scenes aren't too long. This is because it is not an action fuelled movie at the beginning and is supposed to be quite dull, as the lighting throughout also illustrates.

 

^ The opening shows main character Bella Swan moving homes from Arizona to Forkes and it starts with a close up shot of her in the car, then a shot of a plane, and then a panoramic view of some mountains. This implies that she travelled. 

The next technique, a jump cut, is used over and over again to save time. Here it shows Bella and her father getting out of the car and within the next 5 seconds they are on the second floor of the house. 

The next editing technique is the match on action where Bella is in a P.E. class, hits the volleyball and the camera jumps to where it hits the back of Mike Newton's head. 

On the other hand, the 1986 film, Ferris Bueller's Day Off uses a wide range of editing techniques in the first 5 minutes. I believe that the more obvious ones are to emphasise the 80s theme of bright colours and extravagance. 

An establishing shot of Ferris Bueller's house. There is a voice over. 

During the conversation between Katie Bueller (mother) and Jeanie Bueller (daughter) there is lots of jumping and eye line match was used. 

This is a shot from Ferris' POV, the screen goes blurry and this is an example of rack focus.

Words have been edited onto the screen. 

Match on action used.