EDITING TECHNIQUES

EDITING TECHNIQUES

CUTTING  This is when one shot changes into another shot quickly and are used regularly throughout a film.

SHOT REVERSE SHOT This is when the camera films a character and cuts to another character. This technique is used mainly for conversations between these characters.

EYELINE MATCH This consists of two shots in which a character is looking at something/someone and then the camera cuts to what the character would be looking at.

ACTION MATCH This is when two different shots are taken of the action and are edited together to look like a continuous action.

GRAPHIC MATCH

This is when two or more shots are linked together with visual effects to create continuity.

JUMP CUT This is when there is a break of continuity of the scene to make it look like the action is taking longer than it is. This can create different kinds of senses of the scene depending on what is being edited.

DISSOLVE This is when one scene gradually fades out into another image. These two shots are similar to each other.  

FADE IN/FADE OUT

Fade in is when a shot starts of as a blank screen and then turns into the image. 

Fade out is when a shot starts as the image and changes into a blank screen.

CROSSCUTTING This is when two or more actions are occurring in different places, but are shown to be happening at the same time, like a phone call between two people.

SUPERIMPOSITION This is when two different shots are linked into one single shot. This is done by putting one image on top of another to add effect to the image or to conceal something.