Question

When a scene begins with a close-up detail shot and then, in a series of related shots, backs off from the detail to show its relation to a larger visual setting, the editor is using:________.

Answer 1

Answer: an inside/out editing pattern

Explanation: When an editor with a close-up detail shot such that viewers do not know or understand the setting or environment, then after a series of related shots backs off the data I'll and thus the relationship becomes visible. The inside/out editing pattern is dynamic and different from the traditional outside/in editing where the editor start by establishing shots about the setting before gradually going further.

In inside/out, the editor suddenly takes viewers from a line they understand to another new setting which requires a few related shots before being understood.