Shot Types Revision

• Shot/ reverse shot - switching back and forth between characters
• Eyeline match - begins with one person looking at something, cuts to the thing they were looking at
• Graphic match - Fades from one object to another object with the same shape
• Action match - Starts with beginning of an action cuts to the rest of the action
• Jump cut - accidental cut between a scene
• Cross cutting - cutting between different storylines that are happening at the same time in 2 different locations
• Parallel editing - similar to cross cutting but with contrasting actions
• Insert - a shot of something important that the director wants the audience to pay close attention to
• Cutaway - interruption of scene with another scene (eg, flashbacks)
• Short take - lots of quick cuts, adds drama and makes time seem like it's going faster
• Long take - very few cuts, establishes time, slow paced (eg, gravity)
• Invisible editing - barely noticable cuts, immerses the audience in the scene
• Visible editing - very harsh cuts,, adds tension
• Transitions - fade in/out, dissolve, cross fade
• Passage of time - ellipsis, flashback/flashforward, slow motion