match cutting

match on action – this refers to when the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shots action. For example a guy walking up to a door and another shot of the door opening

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scream (Wes Craven 1996)

graphic match- this occurs when the shapes, colours and overall movement of two shots match in composition across a transition between two scenes

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grease (Randal Kleiser)

eyeline match- shows the audience what a character is seeing through the eyes of the character from the same angle they appear to see it.

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Star Wars (George Lucas)

match cutting

Match on action- Cutting on action or matching on action refers to film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot’s action. A common example is a man walking up to a door and reaching for the knob. -Wikipedia

Graphic match- Graphic match cuts: Also called a “visual match cut,” a graphic match cut links two different scenes together through the use of aesthetically similar elements like shapes, colours, or patterns –Masterclass.com

Eyeline match- Eyeline match is a film editing technique to indicate to the audience what a character is seeing. … In the next shot, you’ll see exactly what the character sees, from the same angle they appear to see it. Eyeline match also refers to an editing technique that ensures continuity of the characters’ gazes. –Masterclass.com

MaTCH CUTTING

Match on action-Where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot’s action.

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Graphic Match-In a graphic match cut, the first and the second shot share the same shapes, colours or composition

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Eyeline Match- Eyeline match is a film editing technique to indicate to the audience what a character is seeing. … In the next shot, you’ll see exactly what the character sees, from the same angle they appear to see it.

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Match Cutting

Match on Action is when there is a cut to connect two or more similar actions e.g. a character falling over cutting to a tree falling over

Graphic Match is when there is a cut to connect two or more similar shapes

Eyeline Match is when there is a cut to connect a character to what they’re looking at, typically from a character’s perspective

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Give an example of where at least 3 of these movements were used in a film.

Zoom out: The filmed object will shrink in apparent size, and more objects come into view. The speed of the zoom allows for a further degree of cinematographic freedom.

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Jaws (1975)

Tilt up: The definition of a tilt is a tip or a slope. An example of a tilt is the condition of a cup on its side. Tilt is defined as to tip or slope in one direction. An example of to tilt is to turn one’s head to the side.

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Tilt Down: A tilt down shot is shot that uses a cinematographic technique called tilting in which the camera stays fixed but rotates down on a vertical plane. Tilting is similar to the motion of an individual raising or lowering their heads.

Distance
Avengers

Editing Definitions

L-Cut- In this technique, the audience sees Character A speaking and the scene cuts to Character B as A continues their dialogue into the next scene/shot, allowing the audience to see B’s reaction.

J-Cut- The opposite of an L-cut. In this technique, the audience sees Character B but only hears Character A, and then cuts to Character A. This allows the audience to see B’s reaction.

j cuts and l cuts

L cuts – as caracter A continues their dialogue the scene cuts to character B, this helps the viewers hear the dialogue while also seeing the reaction of character B

J cuts- This is the opposite of the L cut, with this technique the viewer hears the dialogue from characteer A but only sees character B on screen (this provides emotional information and context) then cuts back to character A

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j cut and l cut

J CUT – A 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, so that the audio portion of the later scene starts playing before its picture as a lead-in to the visual cut.

l CUT – An 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, so that the audio cuts after the picture, and continues playing over the beginning of the next scene.

j cut vs l cut (definitions)

J Cut:

J cut is an editing technique in which the audio from a following scene overlaps the picture from the preceding scene, so that the audio portion of the later scene starts playing before its picture as a lead-in to the visual cut.

(Source – Wikipedia (edited))

L Cut:

An L cut is an editing technique in which the audio from preceding scene overlaps the picture from the following scene, so that the audio cuts after the picture, and continues playing over the beginning of the next scene.

(Source – Wikipedia (edited))

j cuts and l cuts: definitions

J Cuts: The audio from the next scene plays whilst the image from the previous scene stays on screen i.e: The camera stays on person A whilst person B starts talking

L Cuts: The image from the scene changes whilst the audio from the previous image is still playing i.e: The camera switches to person B when person A is still talking

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1st one is an J cut whilst the 2nd is a L cut