Cutting

Unit 16: Film and Video Editing TechniquesSession 4

JUMP CUTTypes of cut

Jump CutsJean Luc Godard – ‘Breathless’

Breathlesshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KUVwKp6MDI

How to deal with Jump cutshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGJCaOxejJ8

Cutaways

Bridging shot

Happening at ‘same’ time

Avoid ‘jump cut’ of same person

Your task…jump cuts

• Make your own version of a ‘jump cut’ by filming two similar shots. • Film a ‘cutaway’ to add in. • Edit this together in your Premiere file – first the clips with an

obvious jump. Secondly, add in the cutaway. • Download the clip of ‘Breathless’ from Weebly. • Put this into your Premiere File. • Answer the following questions on your Weebly;

– Who directed the film ‘Breathless’? – Why was his use of jump cuts unusual? – How do you normally hide a jump cut?

MATCH CUTSTypes of cut

2001 : A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZiZD3N74p8

The 39 StepsAlfred Hitchcock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzAoCsvvFBY

99 FrancsJan Kounen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPxjvR_C4RM

Your task…match cuts

• Download 2 or more examples of the match cuts from the Weebly site.

• Put these into your Premiere File. • Write a description of a match cut on Weebly.• Which of three three examples is the best match?

Compare the composition of the shot and the size of the images in your analysis.

TRANSITIONS Types of cut

AFI transitions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQIWywngiLI&feature=related

Dissolve

Stendahl dissolve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezDXYBihj1c

Touch of Evil dissolve

http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/pcote/clips/touch-of-evil-dissolve.mov

Wipe

His Girl Friday

http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/ogaycken/clips/wipe-critical-commons-1.mp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY6mymW4oA

Straight Cut

Your task…transitions

• Film a short sequence of two clips. In the first clip you will be in location A, and in the second clip you will have moved to location B.

• Bring the two clips into Premiere. Repeat the clips 3 times on your timeline. For each set, put a different transition between the clips (ie. Wipe, dissolve, straight cut)

• Download the transition clips from Weebly and add these to your timeline.