Editing Terminology

Continuity Editing:
When viewer should not be aware of cuts. Presents text in chronological manner to emphasise real-time

Cross-cutting (Parallel editing):
Cuts between two seperate scenes happening in two different locations at the same time.

Action Match:
Continuing piece of action/movement between shots.

Transitions -
Straight cut:
Goes unnoticed, one shot replaced by another.

Dissolve:
One shots fade out and another gradually appears.

Wipe:
Uses border between two shots to eliminate previous shot.

Long take:
A take that remains of screen for a longer duration before it is cut.

Short take:
A short take is one that is allowed to remain on screen for a short time before it is cut.

Jump cut:
A cut that moves a very similar part of the same scene but misses a piece of action out.

Cutaway:
Shot is not totally necessary but shows related action/object/person etc. before cutting back to the original shot.

Shot-reverse-shot:
Cutting between two people having a conversation.

Slow-motion:
Action is slowed down for emotional or comic effect.

Fast-forward:
Action is sped up.

Visual effects:
Change in colour or showing CGI/CSI to present character's reaction.

Super-impose:
When writing/images/symbols appear on top of an image so both are visible at once.

Split screen:
Screen is split into two part to allow te showing of events taking place at the same time.

Action editing:
Short and fast shots are used to reinforce the action/the audience aware of developing action.

Montage:
Montage is a series of shots edited together to show time passing and something happening in that time.

Ellipsis:
The removal shortening of elements of narrative to speech up action.

Eye-line match:
The shot is at eye level when cutting from a character to what they see.

Graphic match:
A cut from one shot to another that visually look the same, that both have a link so the audience can interpret the connection.

Linear narrative:
A narrative with a clear sequence of beginning, middle and end (in that order).