Not all of the effects produced by editing are designed to help the space-time construction of the narrative.
Editing also creates effects that are:
- Rhetorical,
- Plastic,
- Rhythmic.
Editing can be used to construct a discourse and produce rhetorical effects. This is particularly the case when parallel editing is used to alternate a series of non-simultaneous actions that are symbolically interconnected.
This relationship is usually one of analogy or opposition.
The same type of effect is sometimes produced by crosscutting.
Editing produces plastic effects conveying resemblance, echoes or contrast between the shots.
It also produces rhythmic variations.
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