- Continuity Editing 
Editing that creates action that flows smoothly across shots and scenes.

- Cross Cutting 
Cutting back and forth quickly between two or more lines of action, indicating they are happening simultaneously.

- Dissolve 
A gradual scene transition. The editor overlaps the end of one shot with the beginning of the next one.

- Fade 
A visual transition between shots or scenes that appears on screen as a brief interval with no picture. 

- Jump Cut 
A cut that creates a lack of continuity by leaving out parts of the action.

- Establishing Shot 
An establishing shot in filmmaking and television production sets up, or establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects. It is generally a long or extreme-long shot at the beginning of a scene indicating where, and sometimes when, the remainder of the scene takes place.

- Cutaways and Cut ins 
In film and television, a cutaway shot is the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else. It is usually, although not always, followed by a cut back to the first shot.

- 30 Degree Rule 
The 30 degree rule is a basic film editing guideline that states the camera should move at least 30 degrees relative to the subject between successive shots of the same subject.

- Shot/Reverse Shot 
Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions they viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

- 180 Degree Rule 
In filmmaking, the 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. By keeping the camera on one side of an imaginary axis between two characters.

- Eyeline Match 
An eyeline match is a film editing technique associated with the continuity editing system. It is based on the premise that an audience will want to see what the character on-screen is seeing.

- Match on Action 
Match on action refers to film and television editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action.

- Montage 
The technique of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of film to form a continuous scene.

- Kuleshov Effect 
The kuleshov effect is a mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation.

- Parallel Editing 
Parallel editing is the technique of alternating two or more scenes that often happen simultaneously but in different locations. If the scenes are simultaneous, they occasionally culminate in a single place, where the relevant parties confront each other.

- Freeze Frame 
A freeze frame is a single frame forming a motionless image.

- Slow Motion 
Slow motion is the action of showing film or playing back video more slowly than it was made or recorded, so that the action appears much slower than in real life.

- Split Screen 
Split screen is where a cinema or television screen is split into two or more separate images.

- Wipes 
A wipe is a type of film transition where one shot is replaced by another when it moves from one side to other.

- Dissolves 
A dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. The terms fade-out and fade-in are used to describe a transition to and from a blank image.

In the horror film jaws the editor enhances the raw footage to create a movie.By using quick cuts this fits the horror/thriller genre and adds to what you would expect for this genre.The horror genre uses sound and editing to its advantage. 

These include - 
Shadows 
Low Key Lighting
Diegetic Sound
Creating Tension Through Music
Quick Cuts
Slow Paced, Increases over time

The work of an editor is to remove the unimportant scenes that don't go with the plot line and to transform from one scene or camera angle to the other to make the film interesting and portray the emotion you want the viewers to feel. I believe that Verna Fields did this very well as when I was watching the film I was always engaged in the scene.

 

Cutting to continuity was used in the scene where Hooper, Brody and Quint were building the shark cage. This gave the viewer the idea of what they were doing without unnecessary details of assembly of the cage. Another important part of the film editing is it use of sound and music. The right amount of music and sound is used at the right time. The sound helps viewers create the required emotions during a scene. The terror sparks up in the viewers and they know the shark is attacking even when it can't be seen due to the terrifying background sound.

 

Lee Smith (Info)

 

Lee Smith was born in 1960 in Sydney. He is known for his work on inception, Dunkirk and The Dark Knight. He has worked in collaboration with Peter Weir and Christopher Nolan. He started out as a sound editor on Dead Calm, The Piano, The Portrait of a Lady and Holy Smoke. He then went on to edit Robocop 2. 

Joker interrogation scene

0:00 - 1:38

Smith uses fairly long edits during this point. Smith also keeps the sequences going by focusing on one character even if another is speaking off camera. These long edits build up the tension of the scene before the action begins.

1:39 - 1:54

At Batman’s arrival, Smith uses faster edits than before which grabs the audience’s attention that the protagonist has arrived. 

1:55 - 4:00

Here, Smith again adopts the same editing style as 0:00 – 1:38 with the two characters on-screen talking and only putting in the edits to cut between one character speaking then the other. There are no fast edits and the scene here still remains slow as the scene again builds up to the action. There are a few fast edits towards the end of this time frame when Batman turns hostile which alerts the audience.

Paul Hirsch (Info)

  

Paul Hirsch has edited over 40 films, among them the first "Star Wars" written and directed by George Lucas, for which he received an Academy Award in 1978, and "The Empire Strikes Back"; 11 films for Brian De Palma, including "Carrie", "Blowout" and "Mission: Impossible"; four for Herbert Ross, including "Footloose", "The Secret of My Success" and "Steel Magnolias"; three for John Hughes, including "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Planes, Trains & Automobiles"; and "Falling Down" for Joel Schumacher. In 2005, he received his second Academy Award nomination for "Ray", a biopic based on the life of Ray Charles, directed by Taylor Hackford. The various genres in his resume include drama, action, horror, musical comedy, fantasy, suspense, mystery and comedy. In 2008, he reunited with Hackford on "Love Ranch", a character drama starring Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci. More recently, he edited "Source Code", directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan, before segueing to "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol", directed by Brad Bird. He has just completed "Warcraft", his second picture with director Duncan Jones, which was released in June 2016.