Creating pace

Creating pace in editing a film is when a films speed changes, by either getting faster or slowing down during certain parts of the film, an editor can create pace in a scene by moving from longer to shorter takes or by using fewer cuts in a given time to many cuts in a given time. The pacing in a film might increase because of the rising action during a scene, the time for the film is running out, to mount more tension in scenes or to increase the stakes in a scene.