Speed and style of editing

Editing

Editing is the process of looking at all the footage shot during the making of a film/TV programme and placing it in the desired order and joining it together. There are two key areas to concentrate on the with editing.  In a film each scene may last a matter of seconds, or it could continue for minutes but the length of each sequence establishes the pace of the film moving the action along. The speed of editing will help to determine the mood of what is taking place on screen.

Speed of editing
If the audience is feeling anxiety and suspense the editing will be quick and the scenes will be changing frequently. In the Bourne ultimatum the scenes change quickly in the chasing scenes to make the audience feel in the film and make the atmosphere tense.
 If the atmosphere is calm and relaxed the scenes will last longer and the scenes will not change quickly or some times not at all. For example a romantic comedy. This link is for the film sleepless nights in Seattle and in the scene when Tom Hank and Meg Ryan are speaking the scene transition is slow and the background music is relaxed and sets the atmosphere.
 Scenes at the beginning of the film - as it begins to tell its story - must be long enough for us to be able to understand where we are and what is going on. It is also slow to introduce the main characters.
As film the progresses scenes may become shorter as the editing cuts between telling two or more story lines at the same time.