Cross-Cutting Blog

Cross-Cutting is a technique used in editing to establish that inaction is taking place in two different locations. The camera will cut from one action to another and it seems that the actions are taking place at the same time. Cross-Cutting can be used to add suspense to the film and bring excitement otherwise the scene is plain and boring to watch. The technique can be used to build up the tension and the suspense. It mainly is used to show the audience that two or more events are going on at the same time to add suspense and excitement to a scene and to get the viewers attention. An editor would use this technique to move a scene back and forth from one event to another and it continues to storyline of the film. Sometimes it is used to show between the primary or the main focus of the main storyline to the second storyline of a film. One of the uses of this technique is to keep the audience watching and by building up suspense to the film for the audience.