Cut, Jump Cut & Cutaway - Video Editing Glossary & Terms

About Video Editing - Video Editing Software Reviews, Equipment, Hardware, Techniques and Articles.

About Video Editing | Hardware Guide | Software Reviews | Articles | Free Downloads | Book Reviews | Tutorials

Top 10 Digital Video Editing Systems Rundown 2009

 

About Video Editing

Hardware Guide

Software Reviews

Free Downloads

Book Reviews

Video Editing Articles

Turorials & Tips

 

About Video Editing > Tutorials

Cut, Jump Cut & Cutaway

Cut

Cut is an instantaneous change from one shot to another.

Doing cut seamlessly is an editor’s most basic yet most important skill.

Jump Cut

Cut between such two shots: they are made from similar camera angle, similar distance away from object, have similar image composition.

Jump cut looks like a technical mistake. You can get a typical jump cut by removing several frames from a single shot. And audience will think exactly the same way: something is missing.

Jump cut is generally not acceptable, but as you will find later, one segment of this book is devoted in doing jump cut intentionally.

Because editing is creating!

Cutaway

Within a sequence, you may edit out of one shot to another shot, which is different in subject matter from the previous one. This added in shot is called a cutaway.

You can use cutaways to show reaction, parallel action, environment, or to avoid jump cut.

Other Video Editing Terms:

180° Line
Video Capture or Digitize
Video Footage & Video Clip
Continuity Editing
Cut Off
Video Frames
Log Sheet or Movie Shot List
Film & Video Montage
NG
Video Shot & Take
Sequence & Movie Scene
Time Code
Video Transitions
Dissolve, Wipe, Fade
Tracking Shot
Pan, Tilt, Zoom
Close up & Extreme close up
Long shot
Medium Shot
Two Shot
Video Editor

 

About Video Editing | Hardware Guide | Software Reviews | Articles | Free Downloads | Book Reviews | Tutorials

Copyright 2002-2017 AboutVideoEditing.com All Rights Reserved
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Site Map
Hosted by Singapore Web Hosting & Singapore Web Design