Research - Editing in Film Jigsaw Vocabulary 3

19.  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.	-A J cut is a variant of a split edit film editing technique - Also called an audio lead or audio advance. -A J cut, so named because the clip looks like a little "J" in the timeline, is when the audio of the next shot precedes the video
20. l cut		An L-cut is when the audio from the preceding scene continues to play over the footage from the following scene.	-The name of the cut refers to the shape of audio and video pieces of the second of two scenes cut together when it was done on analog film -this technique has been applied -since sound film first appeared.
21. Dissolve		A dissolve is purposeful; linking two related shots with a dissolve signal to the viewer that they belong together in a sequence and that the story remains consistent from one shot to the next.	- dissolve is an alternative to a straight cut, which is a transition that immediately jumps to the next shot or scene. -a gradual transition from one image to another, - with the first image beginning to disappear as the second image gradually appears -
22. Fade-in		A fade is when the scene gradually turns to a single color — usually black or white — or when a scene gradually appears on screen	-Fade-ins occur at the beginning of a film or scene gradually appears on screen. -usually black or white - fade-in are used to describe a transition to and from a blank image.
23. Fade-out		Fade Out behavior lets you dissolve into and out of any object by ramping the opacity of the object from 0 percent to 100 percent at the start, and then back to 0 percent at the end. .	-while fade-outs are at the end. -usually black or white - The terms fade-out (also called fade to black)
24. Wipe	A wipe is a type of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.		- wipe is the technique where one shot is replaced by another by the movement of an edge, or line, which replaces the previous shot by “wiping” it. - revealing a new scene, environment or space the wipe offers a spatial or temporal transition to the director -Wipes are often used to transition between storylines taking place in different locations, and/or to establish tension or conflict.
25. Superimposition	Superimposition is the placement of an image or video on top of an already-existing image or video, usually to add to the overall image effect, but also sometimes to conceal something		- placement of an image or video on top of an already-existing image or video, - usually to add to the overall image effect, but also sometimes to conceal something -
26. Long take	A long take, also known as a "oner," is a shot that's intended to appear as a single, uninterrupted take in the final edit of a project.		- to show off the action in a continuous fashion. - you can capture the entire subject from head to toe. - long shots are one of the best ways to define the subject you're shooting in relation to their background.
27. Short take	After the cinematographer has taken a certain scene, he or the director will decide whether to keep it or have it taken all over again. When all recordings are finished, the production team will have them sorted out and edited into a movie. Those brief recordings of scenes are thus called "short takes”.		- a brief recording, -to be caught short taken short -one or two seconds long