Editing has a number of key terms which an editor should be extremely well educated on. These terms could be known to mean transitions or simply the continuity.
- Cutting
There is always a reason for cutting a shot, this could include:
To change the scene setting
To compress the time
To vary the point of view
To build or create an image or an idea
- Shot/Reverse Shot
- Eye line Match
- Graphic Match
- Action Match
- Jump Cut
- Parallel Editing
- Dissolve
- Fade in/Fade out
Fading out of a shot is when the shot is shows on a screen and then slowly fades out into a blank, black screen
- Superimposition
- Long Take
A shot that takes an unusually long length of time before cutting to the next scene
- Short Take
A shot that is 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 and strange feeling about a familiar, ordinary action
To emphasise violence