Editing

• A cut


  When one image is followed by another without a transition- multiple quickly create excitement.
• Cross-cutting 


  The camera cuts away from one action to another action suggesting simultaneity of the actions- same time usually same place.
• Reaction shot 


  A shot of a character reacting to something that has been said or done.
• Montage sequence

  Different images edited one next to another- show who characters are and their relationships.
• Flashback and flash-forward 


  When a cut is designed to take the audience back or forward in time within a narrative.
• Cross-dissolve 


  Where one image dissolves into another.
• Fade in and fade out 


  Where an image fades in or out.
• Multimedia 


  When a number of types of moving image are put together.
• Match cut


  Match from one shot to the next shot- draw on elements from the previous scene
• The Iris 


  Opening/ closing the camera iris usually to end a film- old fashioned stylistic choice
• Wipe shot 


  When one shot replaces another by travelling from one side to another.
• Passing transition


  Changing scenes but a moving character/object/camera hides the cut
• Smash cut 


  Abrupt cut creates a high contrast between visuals- shocks/jolts the audience.