Shots/Transitions
A transition in which the incoming image pushes or sweeps across the frame to replace the outgoing image.
Wipe
Removing an uneventful portion of an action so the audience understands what happened without seeing every moment.
Elliptical Editing
Alternating shots between speaking characters while keeping screen positions consistent relies on these TWO guidelines.
Shot/Reverse Shot
180 Rule
Alternating between a person driving to a location and another person waiting there connects two simultaneous actions using this.
Crosscutting/Parallel
In Walter Murch's Rule of Six, this priority ranks highest above all others when deciding where to cut.
Emotion
A broad view that gives the audience the surrounding
location and spatial context before or during the action.
Establishing Shot
Representing a ten-minute trip using only three brief shots is an example of this
Compressing Time
A cut in which the next shot corresponds to the exact direction in which a person was looking off-screen.
Eyeline Match
What most clearly separates parallel editing from simply switching camera angles within a single action.
Filming in multiple locations/filming separate actions
The Murch principle evaluating whether the audience's attention will remain on the correct part of the frame after a cut.
Eye-Trace
A cut placed during an action so that the movement appears to continue smoothly across the change in shot.
Match on Action
Progressively shortening shot lengths as a sequence progresses directly alters this aspect of a film.
editing style that arranges shots so that time, space, and action appear smooth and logical
Continuity Editing
Following a shot of a crowded city with an empty street to encourage the audience to compare the images.
Juxtaposition
According to Walter Murch, this is the primary purpose of his famous 'Rule of Six'.
Answers may vary (Evaluating what makes some cuts work better than others) (quality of cuts)
A cut that links two images because their visual shapes, composition, or movement correspond.
Graphic Match
A sequence using brief images of training, travel, preparation, and arrival to cover a long period quickly.
Montage
Give me an example of a continuity error
Depends on Answer
Holding on a character's face immediately after an important event is done primarily for this reason.
Answers may vary
The psychological phenomenon where meaning is assigned to a neutral facial expression based on surrounding shots.
Kuleshov Effect
A cut that creates a noticeable, unnatural break within what appears to be the same continuous shot or action.
Jump Cut
Choosing takes based on reaction pauses and shaping cuts around actor energy is editing for this.
Editing for Performance
When distinguishing editing considerations, this one concerns the composition of the way the scene is framed rather than the physical space.
2d Plane
A brief, isolated shot that highlights a small but important visual detail, such as a key or a note.
Insert
Walter Murch's six editing priorities in exact order from highest to lowest.
1. Emotion
2. Story
3. Rhythm
4. Eye-Trace
5. 2D Plane
6. 3D Space