Chapter 3: Notes

Transition Types

L Cut

The L cut is used to capture the full emotion of a scene and make a scene seamless. L cuts will cut from shot to shot without changing the sound. For example, somebody is talking, but this person is not in the shot. Then it will cut to the person who is talking and be in perfect sync with the person talking creating a realistic scene for the audience.

Jump Cut

Jump cuts are the stand out cuts of video editing. Jump cuts make it obvious to the audience that a cut has took place. One example of a jump cut could be showing a baby, but then in the next shot showing that baby years later as an adult. Or another example would be to have a shot of a location in the daytime and the it jumps to the same location but its now at night.

Wipe

The wipe cut is where a shot will change to another but have a smooth transition which gives it a look like turning the page of a book. Star wars is well known for using the wipe cut in all of its films and it is also one of the main reasons the wipe cut grew in popularity. 
 
Continuity Editing


Continuity editing is where you allways cut on movement creating a realistic scene for the audience.

The history and developments of Post-production

Chapter 1

The first films made were not edited.

In the beginning of the films industry, films did not have cuts or editing and instead they would be one long shot which carried on until the camera man got bored of the shot or the film ran out.

The first edited film was created by 'Edward Borter'.

The first edited film was 'The life of a fireman' which was created by Edward Borter.

Notes From The Cutting Edge

The first films made were not edited.

The first edited film was created by 'Edward Borter'.

The first editing device was called the movieola.

The average time of film for a feature movie is 200 hours.

D. W. Griffith was the first editor to use smooth cuts in his video editing.