Elliptical editing is an editing technique used in films and TV shows where it allows an event's duration on-screen to be shorter than it would be if you was to film the whole thing. The most common type of elliptical edit is a cut between two shots, both of which show a part of the same event.
It is used too cut down and eliminate unnecessary shots because recording natural time and everything that happens in the story would require filming every movement in real time, which is a waste of time, especially in film.
Here is an example of Elliptical editing from Batman Begins. Batman is walking a long distance and the use of elliptical editing cuts it down. It would have been a multiple days trip, but it has been cut down to a few minutes. It has the same effect as filming the whole journey because the audience can assume time has passed and he has walked a long way.
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