Editing Techniques

Scream.
Why were the particular editing techniques used in this sequence? What does it mean to the audience?

In Scream there was alot of differnt editing skills used such as transition, continuity and shot suration. All of these skills add up to the horror atmosphere such as:
A short shot duration was used when the boyfriend was outside and the girl inside looking out to him, this was used to show urgencie and to build up the tension to much the audience jump further in the film.
A Long shot duration was used when the girl was on the phone this was at the beginning of the film as it did not need a short shot duration as they didnt need to build the tension or the urgencie.
One of the Transitions used was a cut this was used throughout the film because it went well with the genre of horror because the girl was running from scene to scene and if they had used a different transition it would have to gone well with the genre.
Fade to Black was used at the end of the scene once the parents had notice the girl hanging from the tree and when the mother screamed. Ending it with a fade to black it gave an effect to the audience as they want to know what is going to happen after.
Cutaway was used for Continuity, this was used when the girl was making popcorn. They used this to speed up the process of making the popcorn because one moment the popcorn was just put onto be made and then the next cut the popcorn was ready.