Editor Resource Notes

Notes:

-Cutting on action 0:30

Simple, effective, useful in fast-paced scenes, can be used to emphasize action

-Cutaway 0:58

Cut to an insert shot, show character distress

-Cross cut 1:30

cuts back and forth between locations, increases tension and suspense

-Jump cut 2:15

Cuts between the same shot, shows the passage of time, montage, urgency

-Match cut 3:01

Cuts from one shot, to a similar shot in shape/composition, can also be verbal

Transitions

-Fade in/fade out 3:54

Dissolving to or from black

-Dissolve 4:05

Can be used in montages, shows the passing of time

-Smash cut 4:56

Abrupt transition, intense –>quiet, quiet –>intense

– Iris 5:33

Stylistic effect, used to narrow field of view

-Wipe 5:58

Many types, different shapes or stylistic effects can be used as wipes

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