the most basic edit you can do is the cut which is simply going from one shot to another changing perspective advancing the story now I'm going to be showing you a series of examples that help illustrate the types of cuts that I'm about to mention a lot of these cuts are so common and feel so natural that you don't even think about it well what what the happened there doesn't matter you can do whatever you want but if you want to make your cuts a little less jarring let's begin with a technique that's used all the time cutting on AC now all this means is cutting from one shot to another while the subject is still in motion it doesn't always have to be on a punch or a kick it could be something as simple as a character turning or throwing something or a character going through a door or another [Applause] door or another door come through then there's the Cutaway which I can best describe is cutting to an insert shot of something and then back the insert could exist in the same space as the characters you want the moon like this just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down hey that's pretty good [Music] idea or you can use a cutaway to get inside the head of a character last night I was cross cutting this is when the editor intercuts back and forth between locations for example most phone conversations are usually Crosscut and when used effectively cross cutting can certainly amp up the tension and suspense of a [Music] sequence this technique is also used to show what's going on in inside the character's head com with a don't move I don't want should have catch your own [Music] thr jump cuts are when the editor Cuts between the same shot and they are often used to deliberately show the passing of time and that looks like this so you can naturally find these in montages here's a few [Music] examples let go me don't jump cuts are also used to add a level of urgency to the scene and there's a lot of jump Cuts in [Music] baseball now let's move on to the match cut match Cuts look like [Music] [Applause] this come on guys let's get to work yeah match cuts are often incorrectly referred to as jump Cuts however there is a difference a match cut cuts from one shot to a similar shot by either matching the action or the composition match cuts are mainly used as scene transitions because your often jumping from one place to another which is most likely why there's confusion on the matter match Cuts don't always have to be visual either there's also verbal match Cuts like this that looks just like an enormous Wang pay attention I was distracted by that enormous flying Willie yeah what's that well it looks like a giant Johnson yes sir now let's move on to Transitions starting off with fade in Fade Out we've seen this a thousand times and it's just a dissolving either to or from black pretty self-explanatory now a dissolve is when you blend one shot into another and that could look something like this these are commonly used in montages as well and also can represent a passing of [Music] time smash cut smash cuts are abrupt transitions the obvious example is someone waking up from an intense dream or a [Music] [Applause] [Music] nightmare going from something intense to quiet or quiet to intense I shot my way out everybody started shooting so I blasted my way out of [Music] there well the gun is half done another transition is the iris now the iris used to be an in camera effect back in the day when you can manually open and close your iris to transition from black nowadays it's used as a stylistic choice and a lot of these transitions you may often find within a scene some other transitions include the wi and a wipe is a whitee on the Move look at that it wiped oh look there's another okay moving on oh no there's more wipes oh there are many types of wipes then there's the invisible cut invisible cuts are used to give the impression of a single take however cuts are hidden in Blackness like in Hitchcock's rope or Evil Dead 2 and most recently Birdman cuts are also hidden within whip pans where you can hide the cut on the motion of the camera movement here are a few examples do I'm back perfect time as you know endorsed by the PTA and the North American teachers Foundation we're coming to get you Barra an editor might also hide a cut with an object crossing the frame or you can High to cut when the subject leaves the frame this is my favorite example because it's pretty seamless unless you know what you're looking for just like any good magic trick so there's an invisible cut hidden right here this shot was cleverly designed to make it appear as if Paul Newman was actually doing those card tricks but really he can't now let's move on to something else the ELA is an audio- based transition this is when the audio from the current shot carries over to the next [Applause] shot now keep in mind this doesn't have to just be for scene transitions this is used all the time even when characters are just talking to each other back don't have to take this abuse much longer they don't serve Fri Chicken and watermelon on a daily basis in my mess all sir yes sir that you John Wayne is this me the jcut is when the audio from the next scene starts before you get to [Music] it I can't I got to go home so you hear what's going on before you see what's going on these are very subtle editing techniques that people might not even notice and that's the point the J cut and the L cut are designed to specifically create a seamless flow a seamless transition from one scene to another with audio guiding the way hey Gord I got something for you this my friend is for you that's all it is they like the police department for Wise [Music] Guys the jcut is also great for revealing a new element within a scene plus you can't take them under water and if you do [Music] they [Music] NE once you know all the types of cuts available to you then you can start mixing and matching them The Graduate does this match cut into a j cut then what are you doing or there's the match jcut if you could fight anyone who would you fight fight my boss probably and here's a ver match jcut and the line goes here's a cross cutting cutaway I tried not to think of the word Ser or flesh Mad Max does this cutaway jump cut let's just take a look at that one again they cut from Max to his vision cut back and they jump cut the impact to really sell the hit here it is again at full speed here's a jump cut cross cut smash cut I'm so smart that's funny okay we open it the beginning time no okay we open with L Ro driving into the swamp crazy white man Gladiator has a great cross cutting match cut thing going on in this [Music] sequence The Green Mile also has a great match cross cutting sequence then there's the match [Music] dissolve and here's another [Music] example Saving Private Ry does this morph match thing so that's about it now you know the kinds of cuts in and transitions you can use next is to ask yourself when and why you would use them for telling your story and I'm sure I've left out plenty of other great examples so I encourage you to share some of your favorite Cuts in the comments below share some of your work in our forums and if you're curious about which movie that clip was from just turn on close caption okay that's enough I'll talk to you next [Music] time if you want to see more editing videos click over here if you want to see more video essays click right there and if you're interested in film making just subscribe and we're also on Twitch every Thursday we do live demos and commentaries okay bye