The most basic job of editing is to find the right contact, that is, the position from one shot to the next. The following video helps you understand the editing & transition techniques of editing & transitions through some classic movies. Most of these editing & transition techniques are common, but they are not easy to detect during viewing.
Editing
1. The action is sequential
Switch from one lens to another. It is common to clip while the actor is in motion, but the editing point does not have to be between fights.
Mission Impossible 4 (2011)
It could be a simple turnaround.
The Matrix (1999)
It could also be a throwaway.
Jaws (1975)
2. Cut off
The frame cuts to the insertion lens and then back.
How Beautiful Is Life (1946)
You can also create a character's inner world.
The Seven Deadly Sins (1995)
3. Cross-cutting
Clip different scene shots, switching back and forth frequently to establish an interactive relationship. For example, most phone calls are usually cross-cut.
Infernal Walker (2006)
The sense of rhythm brought about by proper cross-shots is bound to increase the tension and create suspense.
Ten Days of Danger (1990)
This technique can also be used to express the actor's inner emotions.
The First Blood (1982)
4. Jump cut
Editing a frame shot in the same frame is called a jump cut, which is usually used to deliberately represent the passage of time. This technique is often used in montages.
Mr. Green Devil (1986)
Can be used to increase the sense of urgency.
5. Match clips
Matching clips are often mistaken for jump cuts, but the two are different. Matching clips are shots cut at the same action points or with similar compositions.
Grease (1978)
Matching clips are also often used as transitions because the image has a jumping motion, jumping from one place to another, which may be the reason for confusing matching clips with jump cuts.
West End Story (1961)
But matching clips is not necessarily visual, and there is a technique of relying on narration sounds to match contacts.
Transition
6. Fade in and out
A common transition effect in the film is to fade in and out, dissolve into or from the black picture.
Horrors (1960)
7. Superimposed
Superimpose one lens onto another. This technique is very montage imagery and can represent the passage of time. The effect looks like this:
The Godfather (1972)
The same lens can also be superimposed.
Two Fools vs. Frankenstein (1948)
8. Jump splicing
Jumping editing is a shot that suddenly breaks the emotions of the frontcourt, the most obvious example of which is waking up from a nightmare.
Murder of the Green Toe (1998)
From an intense scene to silence, or from quiet to intense.
Shaun the Zombie (2004)
9. Circular sculpting
The circular stroke resembles the camera aperture shape effect to draw the picture in and out.
The Christmas Story (1983)
There are other types of sculpting:
10. Invisible transition
Use shadows to hide clips to create the illusion of the same shot. Like Hitchcock's Soul Reaper:
Soul Reaper (1948)
Or Ghostbusters 2:
Ghostbusters 2 (1987)
And Birdman:
Birdman (2014)
The editing point is hidden in the rapid shaking of the shot, that is, the clip is transferred in the motion of the shot.
You can also hide editing with objects that pass through the frame:
Unruly Nights (1997)
The shot below is cleverly designed to look like Paul Newman is shuffling cards, but he doesn't, which is entirely the effect of the transition technique.
Deception within Deception (1973)
11, the sound lags
Sound lag is a transition based on sound effects editing, which preserves the sound of the previous shot for the next shot.
Correspondingly, the sound preconceived is that the sound effect of the next shot is sounded in advance in the picture. These are very subtle editing techniques that the viewer may not notice while watching. Sound lag and preconceived are intended to ensure the coherence of the film's rhythm. From one scene to another, it creates a perfect transition, guiding the audience through sound effects, and playing a role in carrying on from top to bottom. Sound preconceived is also great for introducing new elements to a picture.
Flying Beyond the Future (1988)
Creative composition
12. Match clip + sound advance
"The Graduate" uses matching clips with sound preconceived.
The Graduate (1967)
13. Cut off + jump cut
The segment of Mad Max: Fury Road is a cut-off. From Max cut to his visual illusion, jump back again, and then jump clip until Felossa knocks him down.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
14. Cross clip + match clip
Gladiator uses cross-matching editing.
Gladiator (2000)
15. Match clip + cross clip
"Miracle in the Green" is a matching clip plus cross-editing.
Miracle in the Green (1999)
16. Add rapid aging
Saving Private Ryan adds a rapid aging effect.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
This article contains all the editing and transition techniques that can be used, and finally when and how to use them.
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