Adventures in Editing

Parallel editing: alternating between two or more different scenes to convey that they are both happening at the same time.

J-Cuts: audio from the next scene plays before that next scene starts, acting as a lead-in to the actual visual cut.

L-Cuts: the next scene begins while the audio from the previous scene is still playing, so the audio cuts after the picture.

Hidden cuts: a cut which is made to look like there is actually no cut at all. This can be achieved in many ways such as an object or a person covering the frame entirely, whip pans, or by having a large contrast in lighting.

Jump cuts: the cut is very obvious to the viewer as there can be camera angle changes or changes in an actors posture (feels like a jump in time).

Match cut: a cut from one shot to another where the two shots are matched by the action or subject and subject matter.

Montage: a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense time, space and information.