Master Edit Notes

 Master Edits

TYPES OF VIDEO TRANSITIONS

Cut:

• Most common transition

• instant change from one shot to another

Mix/dissolve/crossfade:

• Describe the same transition, a gradual fade from one shot to another

• More relaxed feel than a cut

• Used for a meandering pace, contemplative mood, as well as scenery sequences and phot montages

• Sense of passing time or changing location

Fade

• Fades shot to singular color usually black or white

• “Fade to black”, “fade from black” are ubiquitous in film and tv

• Signal beginning and end of scenes

• Used between shots to creat a crossfade

Wipe

• One shot progressively replaced by another in geometric pattern

• From straight lines to complex shapes

• Colored border to help distinguish the shots during the transition

• Good way to show changing location

Digital Effects

• Color replacement, animated effects, pixelation, focus drops, lighting effects

• Better to add in post production

Continuity Editing

• Visual editing where shots are cut together ina clear and linear flow of uninterrupted action

• Seeks to maintain a continuous sense of time and space

Continuity Error

• When the action or element os a scene don’t match across shots

• When a character breaks a glass window but in a later shot the window is shown undamaged is an example

Cross Cutting

• Used to give the illusion that two story lines of action are happening at the same time rapidly cutting back and forth between them

Cutaway

• Interruption of a continuously filmed action with a shot that’s peripherally related to the principal

Dissolve

• When the end of one shot overlaps the start of the next one to create a gradual scene transition 

Editing

• The process of taking raw footage to select and combine shots to create a complete motion picture

• Unique to motion

Eyeline Match

• Based on the idea that viewers wants to see what onscreen characters are seeing

Iris

• A pie that takes shape of a shrinking or glowing circle depending o;if the scene is opening or ending.

• Rarely used today

J Cuts

• Editing technique that allows the audience to first hear audio from a shot, then see it

Jump Cut

• Abrupt cut that creates a lack of continuity between shots by leaving out parts of the action

L Cut

• When the audio from the preceding scene continues to play over the footage form the following scene

Matched Cut

• Cut joining two shots with matching compositional elements.

• Helps establish strong community of action

Montage

• Sequence of shots assembled in juxtaposition of one another to create an emotional impact, condense a story, or convey an idea

Roll

• Graphics or text that moves up or down the screen

• Used for credits by having text move from bottom to top

Rough Cut

• First editing pass done for a film

• Receives further polishing and editing before making its way out to audiences

Sequence Shot

• Long take composed of one shot that extends for an entire scene or sequence

• Requires complex camera movements and action

Shot Reverse Shot

• Alternating of over-the-shoulder shots

• Used during a conversation between two characters

Sweetening

• Process of adding sound effects and music and/ir enhancing the existing audio with effects

Contrast

• By cutting from one shot to a drastically different shot a film editor can force the viewer to compare two opposing scenes in their mind

Parallelism

• Connecting two scenes visually by matching certain elements within the scene

Symbolism

• One of the most famous

• Symbols; literialises metaphors

Simultaneity

• Also known as cross cutting

• Cutting back and forth between two scenes

Leit Motiff

• Usually used as a musical term and describes a reoccurring  musical phrase associated with a specific person place or thing

• Reoccurring shot or scene in film that had some sort of meaning