If you talking about the techniques used in editing. You would want to talk about the way its cut, for instance how more action paked scenes are cut alot quicker etc. Also talk about how the soundtrack tyes in with the editing techniques used.

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Hi,

if you want to get really anal about this, you could talk about the distinction between formalist and realist approaches to filmmaking. Not that I understand it myself but it is exemplified in the following question: do you go for a long take or do you edit? The answer, of course, is "it depends" - you choose the approach that best tells the story. However, theorists in the early days of filmmaking would argue the merits of one approach over the other. Therefore if you want access to the literature of a "theory of editing" then check out the writings of the formalists (e.g. Eisenstein and his stuff on montage). A good overview is provided in an old tome by Dudley Andrew "The Major Film Theories", OUP, 1976.

Ray

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