BD Shot Reverse Shot

Shot-reverse shots are mostly used in conversation situations between two characters. It's where the shots are edited together to alternate between the characters, and to put the focus on the person who is speaking. This shot takes us back and forth from close-up shots to master shots, to make the 'shot-reverse'shot work correctly. Because the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the audience can assume they are looking at each other without actually showing a shot of them together. This is a very popular shot which is used in many films, and is a classic Hollywood style of continuity editing. A f

HRD Point of View Shot

This shot is exactly what it says, it is from the point of view of a person, this can be used to inspire fear in people if it is a horror, or tension if it is a thriller and so on and so forth. Furthermore if it is the lead characters point of view this means that it is called the subjective viewpoint.

BD Cutaways

The cutaway technique is used to compress time or give a visual break to the audience. The purpose of it is that it cuts away from the main action for a short period of time. These types of shots take place at the same time as the main action, showing the audience what other plots are occurring simultaneously. They are also used to fuse two seperate plot lines together, but not too much that its strays away from the main action. The cutaway shots are never too long, because you are only showing the audience a brief look at what else is going on in the film. They emphasize particular details add add more detail and meaning to a scen. Cutaways used in action films for example, could show a car chase scene, and it could cut to shot of a quiet area, little kids playing, and this creates a feeling that somethign bad is going to happen, or a disaster is going to take place. Below is an exmaple video of  a clip from Family Guy. In this clip we see the shot of Peter and Lois sat on the couch, and then it does a cutaway shot to Peter being a police sketch artist. It shows that through editing it is showing something else that is happening at a similar time.

BD Transitions

Cut
This is the most commonly used transition used in editing where two shots are being joined. Its very basic in the way that you join these two shots and there is not technical processes to go through joining the cuts. When editing the film strips are placed together and when played the shots play one after the other.

Dissolve
A dissolve is gradual fade from one shot to another. They can be used to link two different objects, and one shot gradually fades into the next. The dissolve overlaps the two shots while the effect is taking place, which can also be used in montage sequences.

Fade
A fade takes place when a shot is fading out, usually to a single colour which is mostly black. Fade ins usually occur at the beginning of films to symbolise something coming into shot, and fade outs are used mostly when a film is ending, to signify something ending.

Wipe
A wipe involves one shot replacing another, from one side of the frame to another. A way to remember how this works is to imagine a vertical passing through the frame from right to left. The left side is A and the right side is B. On the left side of this line, we have shot A, and on the right side of this line is shot B. When this line reaches the left edge of the frame, shot B will completely fill the scene, and the transition is complete.

HRD Splicing

Splicing is an old technique in which strips of film would be cut up and stuck together to make a “cut” this is the first working technique that was used in editing the Lumiere brothers who used special machinery they made themselves to do it.

BD 180 Degree Rule

The 180 degree rule is where there are two people in the scene and they always have same left right relatinship in the shot. To explain how this rule works you have to imagine there is an imaginary line that yu cant cross to keep the actors in line with eachother.

This picture demonstrates where everything would be positioned when using the 180 degree rule, you have 2 people stood apart, and the imaginary line will be placed through them both and the camera will be in the of the corners near one of the people. The camera will then pan across the half moon line to make sure the left right relationship doesn't change.A really good example of the 180 degree that i have found is a scene from V for Vendetta. Although it all links to continuity editing, it does explain the rule fully and understandably.

BD Jump Cutting

A jump cut is a transition that creates a lack of continuity by leaving out parts of the action, and it also helps to give a sense of elipses in time. Its mostly used when the editor want to cut to a similar shot which are framed the same. These jump cuts can add tension impact in the right place where needed if used in the right way and place.



In this video example, it shows to objects in the frame, and after a few seconds it jumps to the same frame but with one of the objects missing and vice versa. This is an example of a jump cut in it simpliest form.