2. EDITING
There are two types of editing:
• Continuity – this is the most common type of
editing and gives the feeling that time is moving
forward.
• Montage – This is where the sequence contains
many different images and doesn’t give any
sense of moving forward but can still be full of
meaning.

3. TRANSITIONS
Cuts
• Most common
• Unnoticeable
• Retains reality
• Keeps suspension
Dissolves
• One shot fades out and another fades in
• Both images are visible this makes the connection between the two images
Fades
• Gradual darken to black or lighten to white
• Fades in or out
• Can be used to signal the end of a particular section
• Can suggest importance to the image just faded
Wipes
• When one image is ‘pushed’ off
• Most commonly pushed to the right to give a sense of time moving forward

4. JUMP CUT
• Creates discontinuity
• Used in the middle of a continuous shot to
show an advance in time.

5. CROSS CUTTING
• Suggests parallel action
• Interweaves different scenes which are usually
in different locations
• Used to build tension
• Also known as parallel editing.

6. CUTAWAYS
• In a brief shot it interrupts continuous action by
inserting another related action
• Followed by a cutback to the original shot

7. FREEZE FRAME
• Stopping the scene in order to focus on one
event.

8. FLASHBACKS
• A scene in which the audience are shown an
event which happened earlier in the films
narrative.

9. GRAPHIC MATCH
• Two different objects from different scenes are
dissolved into one and other that are the same
shape.
• For example a round traffic light that fades into
a shot of the rising sun.

10. JUXTAPOSITION
The placement of two apposed images on either
side of an edit to create effect.

11. LONG AND SHORT TAKES
Refers to the length of time the camera is running
between edits.
A long take shows a scene for a long period of
time and can be used to slow time or create the
impression of a busy place.
A short takes are shown for a short amount of
time and are used in montage editing.