Introduction to Editing

Editing

Cut:

Replacing one shot instantly with the next. This is usually seen in 'Action' films as it is a fast pace transitions.

Crossfade/Dissolve:

A slow paced fade from one shot to the next.

Shot, Reverse shot:

The ricochet of the shot between two people or a pervious scene.

Jump cut:

A jump cut is a transition between two shot which appears to 'jump' forward in time.

Graphic Match:

Cut in film editing between wither two different objects, two different spaces or two different compositions, in which an object in the two shots graphically match.

Cut away:

Cut away is the shot of something however cut of one scene into something else (i.e.: shot of someone looking at what is happening.

Parallel editing:

A technique which cuts between two separate events that are occurring at the same time within the context of the film.

Match on action:

A cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment.

Montage:

Collection of different scenes of a production.

Wipe:

A transition that clears the current scene off and replace with a new one.