Speed of Editing

The Speed editing is used to set the scene and mood of a film. Scenes can last anything from seconds to minutes when being edited. It determines the pace of the film and the action in the scene. Speed of Editing is often used to cause anxiety and create suspense (The scenes will be short and frequent and sometimes quite flickery) and in order to create a calm and relaxed feeling (by  making the scenes last longer and change less often). Scenes at the beginning of a film should be longer and not have frequent edits in order to allow people to gain knowledge of what the story is unfolding into. The faster paced, shorter and snappy scenes should come in later when the film storyline is going to be understood by the majority of the audience in order to add an essence of thrill and excitement to the film.