Editing

Q1. What is the most basic edit  and what does it do? The cut - going to one shot to another.

Q2. What is the purposes of a simple cut? Changing perspective and advancing the story

Q3. What is cutting on action? Cutting from one shot to another while the subject is still in motion 

Q4. Give three examples of action cuts. Can be a punch, a kick or just someone turning around 

Q5. What is a cut away? One shot then cutting to an insert shot then back to the first shot 

Q6. What is the purpose of a cut away shot? You can use a cut away to get inside the head of a character

Q7. What is cross cutting? Give an example cutting between two locations back and forth. For example, phone conversations. 

Q8. What effects can cross cutting be used to achieve. To raise tension in a sequence and see inside a characters head 

Q9. What is a jump cut? Explain its purpose. When the editor jumps between the same shot. Used to show the passing of time. Also used in a montage and a level of ergency 

Q10. Explain what a match cut is and give an example. Cuts from one shot to a similar shot by even matching the action or the competition, mainly used in transition because you are jumping to one place to another 

Q11. What is a transition? Jumping from one place to another

Q12 What is meant by fade in fade out? Dissolveing from or too black 

Q13.How is a fade in fade out different to a dissolve? Are they used for different purposes? Make a table. When you blend one shot in too another also used in montage and passing time

Q14. What is a smash cut? Abrupt transition, waking up from a dream something from intense to quiet or other way around 

Q15. What is the iris transition? Lens shrinks 

Q16. What is a wipe? New scene transition from the left or right 

 Q17. What is an invisible Cut? Used to give the impression of a single take however cuts are hidden in blackness

Q18. What is the purpose of L cuts and J cuts? Audio of one shot carry on into the next shot. Doesn't have to be used in transition. J - cut when the audio from the next scene starts before you get to it. Both designed from seamless flow