Amanda Scully 1/11

Today in class we started with talking about editing film. We started off with editing shapes narrative through assembly. Cutting is one of the basic editing features of film, it is the assembly of any two shots. We then started to discuss the editing techniques and the many different cuts there are.
Before we got into the different types of cuts, we were interrupted by Dr. Rossi, Ms. Ferraro, Ms. Langan, Ms. Dalton, Ms. Hassenplug, and Dr. Johnson, filing into the room. Dr. Rossi presented Mr. Rivers with the Teacher of the Year award for Sparta High School. We took many pictures and congratulated Mr. Rivers on a huge accomplishment.

Once we regained focus, we watched a short video on all the different types of cuts. ( http://nofilmschool.com/2016/03/rocket-jump-film-cuts-and-types-transitions-editing ). After watching he clip, we were assigned in our groups to pick 10 of the 13 types of cuts, give the definition, an example, and an analysis of the example chosen.

• Cutting on action (cutting while there is movement on-screen)
• Cutaway (cutting to an insert shot and then back)
• Cross-cutting (back and forth between locations, ex: phone call)
• Jump Cuts (disjointed edits in the same shot or action)
• Match cut (cut from one shot to a similar shot by either matching the action or composition)
• Fade in/out (to/from black)
• Dissolve (blend shots)
• Smash cut (abrupt transition)
• Iris (old-fashioned: circle that opens and closes in camera)
• Wipes (screen wiped from one side to the other)
• Invisible cuts (impression of a single take)
• L-cut (audio transition)
• J-cut (audio of next scene starts before you go to it)

I chose to look into examples for Match-Cut and Fade in/out. We will have time in class tomorrow to work on it. It is not due until Friday. 

CONGRATS MR. RIVERS!!!!!!!