16 Film Editing & Transition Methods for You to Cut Better Movies 1, Action Sequence 2, Cut 3, Cross Cut 4, Jump Cut 5, Match Clip 6, Fade In and Fade Out 7, Overlap 8, Jump Edit 9, Circle Stroke 10, Invisible Transition 11, Sound Lag 12, Match Clip + Sound Advance 13, Cut + Jump Cut 14, Cross Cut + Match Clip 15, Match Clip + Cross Clip 16, Add Rapid Aging
The most basic part of editing work is to find the right contact, that is, from one shot to the next, and excellent editing can change the perspective and advance the story.
The following video helps you understand the editing techniques through some classic film demonstration clips. Most of these editing techniques are common, but they are not easy to detect during viewing.
▲Editing and transitions in the movie
montage
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Switch from one lens to another. It is common to clip while the actor is in motion, but the editing point does not have to be between fights.
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Mission Impossible 4 (2011)
It could be a simple turnaround.
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The Matrix (1999)
It could also be a throwaway.
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The frame cuts to the insertion lens and then back.
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How Beautiful Is Life (1946)
Shots of the same space as the actor can be inserted.
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American Werewolf in London (1981)
You can also create a character's inner world.
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The Seven Deadly Sins (1995)
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Clip different scene shots, switching back and forth frequently to establish an interactive relationship. For example, most phone calls are usually cross-cut.
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Infernal Walker (2006)
The sense of rhythm brought about by proper cross-shots is bound to increase the tension and create suspense.
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Ten Days of Danger (1990)
This technique can also be used to express the actor's inner emotions.
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The First Blood (1982)
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Editing a frame shot in the same frame is called a jump cut, which is usually used to deliberately represent the passage of time.
This technique is often used in montages.
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Mr. Green Devil (1986)
Can be used to increase the sense of urgency.
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Or use it to shoot and play baseball.
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Matching clips are often mistaken for jump cuts, but the two are different. Matching clips are shots cut at the same action points or with similar compositions.
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Grease (1978)
Matching clips are also often used as transitions because the image has a jumping motion, jumping from one place to another, which may be the reason for confusing matching clips with jump cuts.
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West End Story (1961)
But matching clips is not necessarily visual, and there is a technique of relying on narration sounds to match contacts.
Transition
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A common transition effect in the film is to fade in and out, dissolve into or from the black picture.
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This technique is very montage imagery and can represent the passage of time. The effect looks like this:
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The Godfather (1972)
The same lens can also be superimposed.
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Jumping editing is a shot that suddenly breaks the emotions of the frontcourt, the most obvious example of which is waking up from a nightmare.
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Murder of the Green Toe (1998)
From an intense scene to silence, or from quiet to intense.
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Shaun the Zombie (2004)
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The circular stroke resembles the camera aperture shape effect to draw the picture in and out.
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The Christmas Story (1983)
There are other types of sculpting:
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Use shadows to hide clips to create the illusion of the same shot.
Like Hitchcock's Soul Reaper:
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Soul Reaper (1948)
Or Ghostbusters 2:
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Ghostbusters 2 (1987)
And Birdman:
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Birdman (2014)
The editing point is hidden in the rapid shaking of the shot, that is, the clip is transferred in the motion of the shot.
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Here are a few examples:
You can also hide editing with objects that pass through the frame:
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Unruly Nights (1997)
Or hide the editing with objects that leave the screen:
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Magnolia (1999)
The shot below is cleverly designed to look like Paul Newman is shuffling cards, but he doesn't, which is entirely the effect of the transition technique.
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Deception within Deception (1973)
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Sound lag is a transition based on sound effects editing, which preserves the sound of the previous shot for the next shot.
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In fact, it is not only used for scene transformation, but also for simple dialogue between characters.
Correspondingly, the sound preconceived is that the sound effect of the next shot is sounded in advance in the picture. These are very subtle editing techniques that the viewer may not notice while watching. Sound lag and preconceived are intended to ensure the coherence of the film's rhythm. From one scene to another, it creates a perfect transition, guiding the audience through sound effects, and playing a role in carrying on from top to bottom.
Sound preconceived is also great for introducing new elements to a picture.
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"The Graduate" uses matching clips with sound preconceived.
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The segment of Mad Max: Fury Road is a cut-off. From Max cut to his visual illusion, jump back again, and then jump clip until Felossa knocks him down.
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16 Film Editing & Transition Methods for You to Cut Better Movies 1, Action Sequence 2, Cut 3, Cross Cut 4, Jump Cut 5, Match Clip 6, Fade In and Fade Out 7, Overlap 8, Jump Edit 9, Circle Stroke 10, Invisible Transition 11, Sound Lag 12, Match Clip + Sound Advance 13, Cut + Jump Cut 14, Cross Cut + Match Clip 15, Match Clip + Cross Clip 16, Add Rapid Aging
"Miracle in the Green" is a matching clip plus cross-editing.
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