A video shows a stall piled with mangoes. The next shot shows a woman smiling. The two shots are joined with no gap. What does the cut invite viewers to believe?

A photo of a clean-up drive is cropped to show only the full sacks of trash. The wider shot also held an untouched pile behind them. What does the crop hide?

A documentary is re-edited. The shot of the empty stockroom now comes before the shot of the long queue, not after. What does the new order suggest?

A still diagram traces a river's path. An animation shows the same river across sixty years. What does the animation show that the still cannot?

A poster shows a finished paper lantern. A short animation shows the same lantern being folded, fold by fold. What does the animation add for the learner?

A clip shows a dog running toward a gate, then a shot of an open gate filmed an hour earlier. What does the edit lead viewers to conclude?

In a recorded interview the speaker paused for ten seconds before answering. The editor cuts the pause out. How does the edit change how she comes across?

An editor drops a shot of a frowning listener into a recorded talk. The listener was actually frowning at her phone. What does the inserted shot suggest?

A photo shows two runners at the finish line, foot to foot. A slow-motion clip of the same finish is played. What can the clip settle that the photo cannot?

A still diagram of a water system marks each pipe with an arrow. An animation instead shows drops moving along the pipes. What does the animation make clearer?

A recording joins the first half of one answer to the last half of another answer from the same interview. What is the main risk of this edit?

A camera photographs a building site once an hour for a month. The photos are then played quickly one after another. What does this animation reveal?

A report about a small gathering cuts in a wide shot of a packed street that was filmed on another day. What does the edit change for viewers?

During a sad line of narration an editor zooms slowly into a photograph of a boy's face. The photograph itself never changes. What does the zoom do?

Two shots of one speaker are joined. At the join he seems to jump slightly in the frame, but the background stays still. What does this jump tell an attentive viewer?

A textbook page prints four separate pictures of the moon. An animation shows the moon across one month. What does the animation show that the four pictures cannot?

A short film shows a broken window, then a boy running. An editor reverses the two shots, so the running now comes first. What does the new order suggest?

A still cross-section shows a bee inside a flower. An animation shows the same bee visiting flower after flower. What does the animation add?

An interview is edited so the reporter's question is cut and only the answer is kept. What does this edit hide from viewers?

A clip of a tackle is slowed to a quarter of its real speed. The tackle now looks deliberate. What has the edit actually changed?