Editing Techniques

Question 1

Cut

Answer 1

Visual transition in editing in which one shot is instantaneously replaced on screen by another.

Question 2

Fade

Answer 2

A visual transition between shots and scenes. Editor fades one shot and replaces it with another. Often used to show a change of place and time.

Question 3

Dissolve

Answer 3

Scene transition in which the end of a shot overlaps the beginning of the next one.

Question 4

Wipe

Answer 4

Travelling bar across the frame which wipes one shot off and putting the next one on. Rarely used in contemporary movies but common in the 1930s and 40s.

Question 5

Split screen

Answer 5

When two or more images are displayed simultaneously on a screen.

Question 6

Continuity editing

Answer 6

Editing that creates action that flows smoothly across shots and scenes without jarring inconsistencies. This establishes a sense of story for the viewer.

Question 7

Match on action

Answer 7

Editing technique in which one shot cuts to another one portraying the same action that the subject was doing in the first shot. This is a form of continuity editing.

Question 8

Shot reverse shot

Answer 8

It is a form of continuity editing used for conversations or when characters are looking at each other or something.

Question 9

Montage

Answer 9

A series of shots compiled into a sequence of space, time and information. it often suggests the passage of time but also may have other symbolic meanings.

Question 10

Jump cut

Answer 10

A cut which creates a lack of continuity leaving out parts of an action, often suggesting going forward in time.

Question 11

Cross-cutting

Answer 11

Transitioning between two or more scenes, indicating they happen simultaneously which establishes a relationship between these Cross-cutting.

Question 12

Eye-line match

Answer 12

Matching the eyelines between two characters. For example, if Sam looks to the right in shot A, Jean will look to the left in shot B. Therefore establishing a relationship between continuity and proximity.

Question 13

Slow motion

Answer 13

The action of playing back a video much slower than it was originally filmed.

Question 14

Repetition of action

Answer 14

Shows the same scene from multiple camera angles such as in a football match.

Question 15

The 180-degree rule

Answer 15

A rule of direction which dictates that depending on the position of the camera the orientation of the content will be affected.