Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Research and Planning: Film Lesson 2

Jump cuts, Match cuts and Cutaways

What is a jump cut?
A jump cut is a abrupt transition, typically in a sequential clip that makes the subject appear to jump from one spot to the other without continuity.

'Breathless' (1960) 

                                                                        
How many jump cuts? 10-15

What is a Cutaway?
A cutaway shot is the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else.

What is a Matchcut?
Is a cut in film editing between either two different objects, two different spaces, or two different compositions in which an object in the two shots graphically match, often helping to establish a strong continuity of action and linking the two shots metaphorically.

Analyse a movie trailer.

Hangover Part |||


  • Genre: Comedy
  • Director: Todd Phillips
  • Location: Las Vegas
  • Editing used: Cutaway, Fade to black, Match cuts, Shot reverse shot.
  • Fast cutting used as the film is set in Las Vegas and the editing reflects the chaos the characters are involved in

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