Editing techniques

L-Cut – An L-cut is when the audio from the preceding scene continues to play over the footage from the following scene.

Pacing –  Is the rate of movement and flow of events that occurs as a film’s story progresses

Cut On the Beat – Cutting to the beat is a way of editing a video so that each clip changes at the same time as the beat of the track.

editing tasks

editing techniques

How to Edit Videos: L-Cuts and J-Cuts | TechSmith

L CUT- is a variant of a split edit film editing technique in which the audio from preceding scene overlaps the picture from the following scene

J CUT- is a variant of a split edit film editing technique in which the audio from a following scene overlaps the picture from the preceding scene

CUT ON BEAT- Cutting to the beat is a way of editing a video so that each clip changes at the same time as the beat of the track. Most clips use a ‘cut’ transition, so you generally ‘cut to the beat’ of the music.