Editing techniques

Jump cut - a 30 degree jump in the action. Generally used during a conversation or action scene.


Slow motion - Slows down shots to show significance of scene.


Montage - Speeds up shots to condense time. Consists of loads of clips and quick cuts put together to condense time.


Wipe transition - Wipes across the scene to introduce the next scene.


Freeze frame - Used to introduce a non-diegetic voice over. It introduces you to a characters importance.


Fast motion - speeds up time.


Continuity editing:


Eyeline match - when we see through a characters eyes what he's looking at.


Shot reverse shot - generally shows a conversation and cuts between the 2 different people talking.


Match on action - enables us to see movement e.g. getting in car then driving.


Pace of the scene - slow pace means you focus on dialogue. Fast pace are usually for action scenes.


Camera time - the amount of time a camera spends on a character dictates their importance.


Dissolves - Fading of time, when something fades into next scene.


Kuleshov - you insert something in the middle of the scene to create a meaning.


Fade in/out - Fading in/out of black.


Sound bridge - can link 2 scenes together to make it look like they're together.