Deconstruction of Editing in Grave Encounters

• There are lots of fast cuts to accompany the narration 
• Text fades in with the second shot
• There is a white gradient around the old photos which flashes. This shows their age along with the monochrome/sepia colours as it looks like an old film
• The images flickers to give an interference / video tape style
• The images fade into each other which creates a flowing composition to show the chronological order of the context
• There are fast cutes between establishing shots and close ups of photos to accompany the diegetic dialogue of the man describing the context of the film. For example he speaks of a house he lived in when he was younger so there is a still photo of the house he is talking about and a still image of a photo of him when he was younger. The image of the young boy zooms out and fades into the image of the house, which zooms in.
• There are short shots of overlapping images  which flash and some are inverted
• There is a medium shot of Lance with a camera which then cuts to a still image of a ghost in a graveyard. In-between these shots, there is a quick white flash which makes it seem like Lance took the photo then
• Inverted text/images are layered over moving images of the ‘team’ walking in slow motion
• There is a bullet-time long shot of the team stood still but the camera moving around them

Evaluation
I think these editing skills are effective as they create a story and context to the film for it to make sense to the viewer. It tells a story through both still and moving images, and a non diegetic voiceover. The typography and text also tell you about the characters and their specialities so they immediately have a clear role in the film. I also like the white flash to create a camera flash.