She gets out of the elevator. She walks to Apt. 1294 at the end of a long hallway. She knocks on the door. Viewers will get bored watching the woman travel from her car to the apartment house door if nothing meaningful happens during her journey.
Woman gets out of car and walks towards apartment house.
From LS of apartment house to window on 12th floor. Woman gets out of elevator on 12th floor. Woman knocks on the door of Apt. 28 seconds in screen time instead of five minutes in real time. As editors shorten, rearing, and inter-cut shots, they make a valuable creative contribution to the finished film or video project.