Editing techniques and transition types used to analyze film construction, such as montage and continuity editing.
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- What is continuity editing?
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Editing technique that maintains spatial and temporal continuity to create a seamless narrative flow.- Define a jump cut.
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A cut within the same shot or from a similar angle that removes time, creating a jarring effect.- What is cross-cutting?
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Alternating between two or more scenes happening simultaneously in different locations.- Define montage.
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Rapid sequence of shots edited together to convey theme, emotion, or the passage of time.- What happens in a fade transition?
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Image gradually darkens to black or lightens from black, creating a pause between scenes.- Define a dissolve transition.
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One image gradually fades out while another fades in, briefly overlapping before one disappears.- What is a wipe transition?
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One image appears to push or wipe the previous image off screen in a specific direction.- Define a cut transition.
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Instantaneous switch from one shot to the next with no transition effect or overlap.- What is a match cut?
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Cut between two shots whose visual elements, composition, or movement correspond or align.- Define an insert shot.
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Close-up shot of a specific object or detail inserted into a scene for emphasis or clarity.- What is an establishing shot?
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Wide shot that shows the setting and spatial context at the beginning of a scene.- Define a reaction shot.
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Shot showing a character's facial or physical response to an event or dialogue.- What is a reverse shot?
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Shot taken from the opposite camera angle at the same location, typically facing the opposite direction.- Define eyeline match.
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Cut that follows the direction a character's gaze, showing what they are looking at in the next shot.- What is shot-reverse-shot editing?
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Alternating between shots of two characters as they interact, each viewed from the other's perspective.
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