Editing Techniques
Editing!
Q1: The cut is the most basic editing techniques and is essentially cutting from one shot to another.
Q2: The purpose of the cut is to change the perspective and to advance the story.
Q3: Cutting in action is cutting a scene whilst the subject still is in motion.
Q4: Cutting in action is often used on punches and kicks but can be as simple as a character turning or someone walking through a door.
Q5: Cut away is when you cut to an insert shot and then back.
Q6: The purpose of a cut away is to show that something is a part of the same diegesis or e.g showing what's going o in a character's head.
Q7: Cross cutting is when the editor intercuts between locations. Most phone conversations in films are usually cross cut.
Q8: When cross cutting is used effectively it can amp up the tension and suspense in a sequence. It's also used to show what's going on in a character's head.
Q9: Jump cuts is when the editor cuts between the same shot and is usually used to portray the sense of time passing. They can often be found in montages.
Q10: A match cut is when the editor cuts to a similar shot by either matching the action or composition. Match cuts are often used as scene transitions. A match cut can also just be audio based.
Q11: A transition is when a scene is cut to another smoothly.
Q12: A fade in/fade out is when the shot dissolves to or from a scene or it cuts to black to transition into the next scene.
Q:13: A dissolve is when you blend one shot into another. They are often used in montages and can be used to show the passing of time. Dissolving is often used to make objects seem to disappear. Fade in/fade out is usually made to cut between scenes but dissolve can be used within the same scene.
Q14: Smash cuts are abrupt transitions, and the obvious example is someone waking up from a dream. It can be going from something intense to quiet or the opposite.
Q:15 An iris transition was an in-camera function when cameras had irises that could manually open and close to transition to black. Nowadays it's more of an artistic choice. You can find them within a scene to pull focus to one certain thing.
Q16: A wipe is when it looks like someone is wiping a screen to start a transition.
Q17: An invisible cut is when a shot is hidden, e.g in the darkness so it looks like it's all shot in one long take. You can also hide the cut in the camera motion.
Q18: The L-cut and J-cut is made to make a seamless flow between scenes with audio guiding the way.
Q19: Continuity editing is editing that seems invisible because the cuts are between e.g people speaking and the person speaking is visible.
Q1: The cut is the most basic editing techniques and is essentially cutting from one shot to another.
Q2: The purpose of the cut is to change the perspective and to advance the story.
Q3: Cutting in action is cutting a scene whilst the subject still is in motion.
Q4: Cutting in action is often used on punches and kicks but can be as simple as a character turning or someone walking through a door.
Q5: Cut away is when you cut to an insert shot and then back.
Q6: The purpose of a cut away is to show that something is a part of the same diegesis or e.g showing what's going o in a character's head.
Q7: Cross cutting is when the editor intercuts between locations. Most phone conversations in films are usually cross cut.
Q8: When cross cutting is used effectively it can amp up the tension and suspense in a sequence. It's also used to show what's going on in a character's head.
Q9: Jump cuts is when the editor cuts between the same shot and is usually used to portray the sense of time passing. They can often be found in montages.
Q10: A match cut is when the editor cuts to a similar shot by either matching the action or composition. Match cuts are often used as scene transitions. A match cut can also just be audio based.
Q11: A transition is when a scene is cut to another smoothly.
Q12: A fade in/fade out is when the shot dissolves to or from a scene or it cuts to black to transition into the next scene.
Q:13: A dissolve is when you blend one shot into another. They are often used in montages and can be used to show the passing of time. Dissolving is often used to make objects seem to disappear. Fade in/fade out is usually made to cut between scenes but dissolve can be used within the same scene.
Q14: Smash cuts are abrupt transitions, and the obvious example is someone waking up from a dream. It can be going from something intense to quiet or the opposite.
Q:15 An iris transition was an in-camera function when cameras had irises that could manually open and close to transition to black. Nowadays it's more of an artistic choice. You can find them within a scene to pull focus to one certain thing.
Q16: A wipe is when it looks like someone is wiping a screen to start a transition.
Q17: An invisible cut is when a shot is hidden, e.g in the darkness so it looks like it's all shot in one long take. You can also hide the cut in the camera motion.
Q18: The L-cut and J-cut is made to make a seamless flow between scenes with audio guiding the way.
Q19: Continuity editing is editing that seems invisible because the cuts are between e.g people speaking and the person speaking is visible.
Good editing work. Where is your narrative analysis? Where is 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' work?, etc.
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