Different types of editing cuts

1|The cut
This is one of the most basic and common types of cuts in film. This is created when one shot is directly replaced by another shot. The cut has featured endless time in many films. The cut is important for the effects of juxtaposition.

This photograph shows the editing technique of cutting. You can see that each individual pictures is different, this is because they are different cuts. You can also see that each cut relates with the shot before. For our coursework, we are going to try use this technique, when someone two people are talking or if we use match on action, we can cut between shots.










2|Fade in/ Fade out
Fade in and fade out, is the second most important shot in terms of  transition. Fading out is when a picture/shot slowly fades out to a black screen,. Fading out is mainly used in an ending of a film. Fading into a shot is the opposite of fading out of a shot. Rather than fading out of a shot, the fading in technique starts off as a black screen then it slowly fades into the shot. This is usually used in an ending of a scene of film. This is a very useful shot, and it should defiantly be used in our coursework, as a introductory shot or as an ending shot to the task.

3|Dissolve
This cut is very much like a fade in and fade out cut,except of fading into or out of a black shot it fades into or out of a shot, it gradually gets replaced by another shot. Once the shot has disappeared, the following shot appeared. The shot is also commonly known as an overlapping shot, because for a few seconds the two shots overlap and both can be seen for a few seconds when overlapping. If we were to use this in our course work, we would use it to show passing time.

This photo shows the overlapping between two different shots. This cut, could represent time passing.









4|Wipe
Wipes are old school shots, which aren't used as commonly now. It is a simple edit in which, one shot gets replaced by another shot by wiping across the screen. One shot gets pushed off the frame by another. This shot can be seen countless times through out the star war films.

Both these shots are from the star was films. There are different variations to this shot, It can swipe across diagonally, vertically or horizontally. These two shots wipe across diagonally.

5|Iris
This is an old fashion transition, which isn't so widely used in the present day. Iris is a framing, it is a circular frame that closes the picture to a black screen. Irises are usually found in children's films and cartoons.
You can see from this picture, that it is a iris cut. The holding of the hands, with their backs facing us, walking away, makes us think that this is the ending to a film.






6|Continuity
This is  shown in many films and dramas, this can be seen in the theme introductory of Eastenders. This happens when the audience don't notice the cuts made during a scene, the cuts look settle and unnoticeable.

7|Cut away
This is when you are focusing on a shot, then it cuts to another shot, then it cuts again to the original shot. This is usually used when someone is having conversation.


This is a perfect example of the cut away shot, from the famous film the God Father. It has three phases, the first picture, shows the original shot, it then cuts to a man in a white suit singing, then cuts back to the main subject.

8|Cross cut
This is when, you cut in two different locations. This is usually seen in a chase scene, a good example of chase scenes and cross cuts are from James Bond. The cross cut is a cut is usually used in intensive scenes.

This is a good example of cross cutting, this is a chase scene from James Bond Skyfall. You can see that the chase cuts between different locations.















Clip Examples of Editing 

1|Cutting