9 Cuts Every Video Editor Should Know | Filmmaking Tips

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Standard Cut
Jump cut

J_Cut

L_Cut

Cutting on action

Cross cutting

Cutaway

Montange

Match cut

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Here are the cuts mentioned in the video - plus a few extra ones for good measure :)
Additionally, I have grouped them into two different contexts (Mechanical & Narrative), since a cut is often more than one thing.
It usually has two components - it's physical form and it's narrative function. Tony

1) Mechanical - How is the film assembled? - what is the editor actually doing to edit the footage.
a) Straight Cut: This is your basic cut. It's literally putting two clips side by side. You'll most likely use this more than any other kind of cut.
b) The Split Edit:
i) J-Cut: This is a big one, mostly because it offers a smooth transition from one shot to the next by having the audio of Clip B play at the tail end of Clip A. In other words, as you watch the first clip play, you begin to hear the audio from the next clip before you see its visuals.
ii) L-Cut: It's a J-cut in reverse. Instead of transitioning into Shot B with Shot B's audio, you're transitioning with Shot A's audio. So, as you watch the first clip play, you see the next clip as the audio from the first clip overlaps it. This is used all the time with dialogue scenes.
c) Jump Cut: These transitions are interesting because they fracture time in a very noticeable way. To pull it off, just take one of your longer clips, cut bits and pieces out of it, and put the fragments you want to include in your timeline back together. It'll look like the clip is "jumping" around through time.
d) Cutting on Action: To put it simply, "Cutting on Action" just means cutting in the middle of your subject's action, whether it's a punch, a head turn, or even someone reaching for a doorknob in one shot and then opening the door in the next. Mastering this cut is crucial because it helps hide edits that occur during an action.

2) Narrative - What does the cut say? What is the outcome of the cut in terms of story and meaning.
a) Match Cut: These stylish cuts are a great way to highlight your editorial creativity. On a technical level, it's a standard cut (from one shot to another). However, what makes it special is how it matches the similar actions of both shots. A great example of this is the shower scene in Psycho, where we see the shot of the water circling down the drain and then crossfades into a close-up of Marion Crane's eye, which is roughly the same size and in the same position within the frame as the drain. Match cuts can be done for video, audio or both.
b) Contast Cut: Drawing a connection between two things. To imply that they are an extension of one another or to creat commentary. An example being cutting from a crown of shoppers to a herd of sheep.
c) Cross-Cutting: Also known as parallel editing, this technique can get a little hairy if you're not careful, mainly because what you're doing is editing two different stories so they play side-by-side. You see this all the time in action movies, but my favorite example of this comes from Silence of the Lambs. Watch how director Jonathan Demme and editor Craig McKay use this technique to mislead the audience.
d) Cutaways: Also called an Insert Edit. These kinds of cuts are helpful if you want to add shots that give more information and context to a scene, like shots of the location to establish the setting or shots of props and other objects that a character is referring to. Because many editors use them to incorporate supplementary footage, it might be helpful to think of cutaways as "b-roll cuts."
e) Montage: You know what montages are, right? They're all over the place. A boxer wants to train for the big fight? Work out montage! A student needs to cram for finals? Study montage! A recent divorcée goes shopping before a big date? Fitting room montage! They are sequences of different shots that condense information, at least in the examples I just gave, but they also do the same for time and space (but that's more of the technical definition of montage).
f) The Transition: Any kind of mixing effect that merges clips together, like a fade or dissolve. For example, showing the passage of time or giving the audience time to breath when an intense scene ends.

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great vid! whats the name of the software that youre using to show us? 2:19

except J And L cut, i didnt understand any other cuts you said

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Jump cut is my least favorite. Stopped watching one channel because she did it so much it was distracting. Good video though. Helpful

2:30 Cross cut and parallel editing are different things but great video.

Cross cut - at the same time but different places example Scene A: Bank robbers in the vault
B: Police on the way to the bank.
Parallel Editing - at different time but similiar thematics for example Scene A: Politician delivers a fiery speech about "freedom."

B: Demonstrator is clubbed by the police.

Montage cut name of music 🎶

Very nice. Thanks for doing this.