This document defines and describes several common film editing techniques: 1) A dissolve is a gradual scene transition where the end of one shot overlaps with the beginning of the next. 2) An eyeline match establishes a relationship between characters by having them look at each other or in related directions across shots. 3) A fade transitions between shots by fading to and from black, often indicating a change in time or place.

1. Film Editing
By Dan Gleeson and Luke Hanshaw

2. Dissolve
A gradual scene transition. The
editor overlaps the end of one
shot with the beginning of the
next one.

3. Eyeline match
The matching of eyelines between two or more
characters. For example, if Sam looks to the
right in shot A, Jean will look to the left in shot
B. This establishes a relationship of proximity
and continuity.

4. Fade
A visual transition between shots or scenes
that appears on screen as a brief interval
with no picture. The editor fades one shot
to black and then fades in the next. Often
used to indicate a change in time and place.

5. Jump cut
A cut that creates a lack of
continuity by leaving out
parts of the action.

6. Cutaways
In film and video, a
cutaway shot is the
interruption of a
continuously filmed
action by inserting a view
of something else.

7. Long Take
A long take or oner is
an uninterrupted shot
in a film which lasts
much longer than the
conventional editing
pace either of the film
itself or of films in
general, usually
lasting several
minutes.

8. Cross Cutting
Cross-cutting is an
editing technique most
often used in films to
establish action
occurring at the same
time in two different
locations.

9. Graphic Match Cuts
A match cut, also
called a graphic match
is a cut in film editing
between either two
different objects, two
different spaces, or
two different
compositions in which
an object in the two
shots graphically
match, often helping to
establish a strong
continuity of action
and linking the two
shots metaphorically

10. Shot Reverse Shot
Shot reverse shot (or
shot/countershot) is a film
technique where one character
is shown looking at another
character (often off-
screen), and then the other
character is shown looking
back at the first character.