Concepts related to cuts, montage, continuity, temporal compression, and the rhythm created between shots.

This discipline currently includes 27 entries. Browse the entries below to move through the CINEXIS library by topic rather than alphabetically.

Entries In Editing Techniques

27 entries
Accelerated Montage
In editing, Accelerated Montage refers to Montage is a French word that means "putting together" or "assembling shots".
Continuity Editing
In editing, Continuity Editing refers to goal of continuity editing is to create a cohesive narrative in films and videos.
Dailies
In editing, Dailies refers to term "dailies" typically describes the raw, unedited footage that is shot during a day of filming.
Dedramatization
In editing, Dedramatization refers to deliberate omission or reduction of dramatic aspects in a film work is known as dedramatization, and it stands in sha
Dialectical Montage
In editing, Dialectical Montage refers to Soviet filmmakers, especially Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein, invented the method of film editing known as di
Dialogue Overlap
In editing, Dialogue Overlap refers to Overlapping speech is one of the most understated methods used in films to improve the story.
Director's Cut
In editing, Director's Cut refers to film's Director's Cut or a final cut is the version that most closely resembles the original vision of the filmmaker.
Ellipsis in Filmmaking
In editing, Ellipsis in Filmmaking refers to In the world of filmmaking, ellipsis is comparable to a magician's sleight of hand.
Eyeline Match
In editing, Eyeline Match refers to Within the complex fabric of film, where each individual thread adds to the overall story, the eyeline match becomes a
Fade-In
In editing, Fade-In refers to transitional visual effect used at the beginning of a scene or a film.
Fade-Out
In editing, Fade-Out refers to cinematic transition technique used to gradually transition from one scene to another or to signify the end of a film or a s
Fast Cutting
In editing, Fast Cutting refers to in Filmmaking refers to a style of editing where shots are rapidly and frequently interchanged in a film sequence.
Fast Motion
In editing, Fast Motion refers to in filmmaking refers to a technique where the recorded or captured action appears to be moving at a faster pace when play
Film Transition
In editing, Film Transition refers to way one shot or scene transitions to the next in a film or video.
Fine Cut
In editing, Fine Cut refers to In film, the term Fine Cut in film refers to an advanced stage in the film post-production process of a film.
Freeze Frame
In editing, Freeze Frame refers to cinematic technique in which the action on screen is momentarily stopped by repeatedly playing a single frame of film.
Invisible Editing
In editing, Invisible Editing refers to skill of smoothly combining shots to provide a unified and engrossing cinematic experience is known as invisible ed
Key Frame
In editing, Key Frame refers to basic idea in both animation and filmmaking is keyframes.
Match Cut
In editing, Match Cut refers to subtle yet effective film editing technique that is used to effortlessly transition between two scenes by matching visual o
Non-diegetic Insert
In editing, Non-diegetic Insert refers to in filmmaking is any element that is inserted into the story that does not come from the diegetic universe of the
Parallel Editing
In editing, Parallel Editing refers to key element of cinematic storytelling is parallel editing, which is a method for combining several stories that freq
Reverse Chronology
In editing, Reverse Chronology refers to tells stories in a non-linear order, frequently beginning with the end and progressively unravelling the events th
Slow cutting
In editing, Slow cutting refers to film editing technique which uses shots of long duration.
Slow motion
In editing, Slow motion refers to (commonly abbreviated as slo-mo or slow-mo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down.
Smash cut
In editing, Smash cut refers to film edit that cut abruptly from one scene to another, meant to highlight the difference between the two.
Substitution Splice
In editing, Substitution Splice refers to or stop trick is a cinematic special effect in which filmmakers achieve an appearance, disappearance or transform
Time Lapse Video
In editing, Time Lapse Video refers to Time-lapse film photography is a cinematic technique in which the frequency at which film frames are captured (the f