Editing

Question	Answer
Cutting	one shot is immediately replaced by the next
shot/reverse shot	cutting back and forth between people in a conversation
eyeline match	cutting to show what a character is looking at
graphic match	similar shape or colour linking two consecutive shots
action match	cutting to show another angle of the scene
jump shot	cutting out the middle section of a shot
crosscutting	cutting between two or more scenes happening simultaneously
dissolve	one shot fades out as another fades in
fade out	image fades out to a completely black screen
fade in	images fades in from a black screen
superimposition	one image is placed on top of another
slow motion	(as it says)
long take	single continuous shot that does not cut for unusual length of time
fast paced editing	action will cut rapidly from shot to shot (each shot lasting a few seconds)
slow paced editing	limited cutting from shot to shot

Resource summary

	Created by jascowan over 10 years ago