Editing

The editing style that is used in The Shawshank Redemption is continuity. The film does not use the new “MTV Style” of editing which involves rapid cuts. The shoots and scenes dissolve into one another. Often times, when a cell door closes it signifies the ending of a shot or scene. There is one scene where Andy is in solitary and the warden comes to talk to him, after the warden closes the door all the light is gone and that scene has ended. The next scene is Andy sitting in the prison yard talking to Red. We know that time has past since Andy is disheveled looking and the viewer knows that he must have gotten out from solitary.