This is when one shot suddenly changes to another shot. Cuts are made very regularly. Cuts aren't always left as a sudden changes from one shot to another, sometimes these cuts are transitioned as a fade, wipe or dissolve.
There is always a reason for cutting a shot; this could include:
- to change the scene and setting
- to compress the time
- to vary the point of view
- to build or create an image or an idea
SHOT/REVERSE SHOT
This is where several shots are edited together between alternate characters. This is very typically used in a conversation situation.
This is where several shots are edited together between alternate characters. This is very typically used in a conversation situation.
EYE LINE MATCH
This consists of two shots. The first shows the character look off in one direction. The following shot shows what the character is looking at.
This consists of two shots. The first shows the character look off in one direction. The following shot shows what the character is looking at.
ACTION MATCH
This is when two different views are shot of the same action, and are edited together so that the action appears to continue uninterrupted.
This is when two different views are shot of the same action, and are edited together so that the action appears to continue uninterrupted.
JUMP CUT
When a single shot has an interruption. The interruption is either the background changes instantly while the figure in the shot remains the same, or that the figure changes instantly while the background remains the same.
When a single shot has an interruption. The interruption is either the background changes instantly while the figure in the shot remains the same, or that the figure changes instantly while the background remains the same.
PARALLEL EDITING
An editing technique where two or more shots, set in different places, alternate, these are usually simultaneous, and actions are linked in some way.
An editing technique where two or more shots, set in different places, alternate, these are usually simultaneous, and actions are linked in some way.
DISSOLVE
Dissolving is a transition used in between two shots so that the shots don't suddenly change. dissolve is the transition in which one shot fades out while another shot fade in, meaning at one moment in this transition the shots are blended together.
Dissolving is a transition used in between two shots so that the shots don't suddenly change. dissolve is the transition in which one shot fades out while another shot fade in, meaning at one moment in this transition the shots are blended together.
FADE IN/FADE OUT
Fading into a shot is when the screen appears just a blank, black screen to begin with, and then the shot begins to fade in. This usually occurs at the beginning of a scene to indicate a softer, quieter introduction.
Fading into a shot is when the screen appears just a blank, black screen to begin with, and then the shot begins to fade in. This usually occurs at the beginning of a scene to indicate a softer, quieter introduction.
Fading out of a shot is when the shot is shown on the screen and then slowly fades out into a blank, black screen.
SUPERIMPOSITION
This is where two shots are blended into one, and unlike dissolve, this is not a transition between the different shots.
This is where two shots are blended into one, and unlike dissolve, this is not a transition between the different shots.
LONG TAKE
A shot that is a very quick shot that takes a very short length of time before cutting to the next scene.
A shot that is a very quick shot that takes a very short length of time before cutting to the next scene.
SHORT TAKE
That is a very quick shot that takes a very short length of time before cutting to the next scene.
That is a very quick shot that takes a very short length of time before cutting to the next scene.

SLOW MOTION
When the action on the screen has been edited to move at a slower rate than the original action did. This can be used to do the following:
- Make a faster action more visible to the audience
- to emphasise a moment or a reaction
- to create an unusual ad strange feeling about a familiar or ordinary action
- to emphasise violence
Within my trailer I will probably use a lot of fade in/fade out because I feel like it links nicely with a romance film because it's so soft and relaxing. I'm also thinking of using slow motion at the beginning when the two characters first make eye contact and the idea of 'love at first sight' it shown. to emphasise the dramatic scenes, I think cutting and shot/reverse shot will show the conflict and the stress related scenes for the characters; the fighting and the arguing that goes on.
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