The majority of the films featured on the List (2018) are action movies which are targeted toward families, some of which are part of franchises such as Avengers: Endgame (2019), Jurassic World (2015), and Star Wars. The genre of SCI-FI and Fantasy attract the most audience worldwide, and the franchise films build a large fandom that adds more popularity and capability to draw in a bigger audience.

An example of a large franchise would be Marvel.

Cut: When 2 different pieces of video are spliced together in order to ‘cut’ from one to another.

Fade: When one piece of video/black or white screen gradually becomes more opaque and turns into another video or into a black/white screen

Dissolve: When the image/scene on screen gradually becomes translucent and the next scene becomes more opaque until only the next scene can be seen

Wipe: The scene gets wiped off screen and replaced by the following one

Flashback: The scene cuts back to an event that’s already happened, usually used in order to add to the plot

Shot-Reverse Shot: The scene cuts from one image to the apposing one then back to the original. For example: cutting from person A eating in café, to someone walking into the café [the camera is where Person A is], before cutting back to person A

Cross-Cutting: The video cuts between two different scenes happening simultaneously but in different locations

Eye-Line Match: When a character looks off screen and the image that follows is what they’re looking at

Graphic Match: When the scene begins with either a similar shape or colour that the previous scene ended with

Match on Action: When a scene starts with the same action that the previous scene ended with

Cut- ‘Inception (2010)’

Fade- ‘Spaceballs (1987)’

Dissolve- ‘The innocents (1961)’

Wipe- ‘Star wars (used across franchise)’

Flashback- ‘Rocky V (1990)’

Shot Reverse shot- ‘Batman: ‘The Dark Knight 2008’

Cross cutting- ‘Untouchables 1997′

Eyeline match- ‘Get out 2017’

Graphic match- ‘Psycho (1960)’

Match on action- ‘Bladerunner (1982)’

Cut: The most common editing technique. Two pieces of film are spliced together so that the film “cuts” from one image to another.

Fade: Can be to or from black and white. A fade can begin in darkness and gradually assume full brightness (fade-in) or the image may gradually get darker (fade-out). You’d use a fade because it often implies that time has passed or may signify the end of a scene.

Dissolve: A kind of fade in which one image is slowly replaced my another. It can create a connection between images.

Wipe: A new image wipes off the previous image. A wipe is more fluid than a cut and quicker than a dissolve.

Flashback: Cut or dissolve to action or what happened in the past.

Shot-Reverse-Shot: A shot of one subject, then another, then back to the first. It is often used for conversation or reaction shots.

Cross-cutting: Cuts between action shots that are happening simultaneously. This technique is also called parallel editing. It can create tension or suspense and can form a connection between scenes.

Eye-Line Match: Cut to an object, then to a person. This technique shows what a person seems to be looking at and can reveal a characters thoughts.

Graphic Match: occurs when shapes, colours and/or overall movement of two shots match in composition, either within a scene or, especially, across a transition between two scenes.

Match on Action: refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shots action.

The first row shows devastation and disappointment as he looks at the ruined landscape.

The second row shows lust as he looks at Lois.

The third row shows pride since he is looking at people celebrating.

Meanings:

1 – She looks like she’s happily looking at the child

2 – She looks like she’s annoyed/fake smiling at the drums

3 – She looks excited about the beach