9 Cuts Every Video Editor Should Know | Filmmaking Tips
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1 - 0:32 Standard Shot - putting two clips together, no fuss, no flare
2 - 0:42 Jumpcut - jump around scene to speed up time, one long cut, cut out spaces and putting it all together into one piece
3 - 1:06 J-Cut - Leading into the next scene with the audio.. allows audience know what's going to happen next. Drag audio clip of next clip onto tail of current clip
4 - 1:40 L-Cut - Audio from current clip overlaps into next clip - Good for conversational themes
5 - 2:10 Cutting on action - cut when a character moves a certain way, allows audiences eyes to stay on the action
6 - 2:30 Crosscutting / Parallel Editing - Have two narratives playing out at the same time
7 - 3:00 Cutaways - Cut to show viewer where you are in the scene
8 - 3:28 Montage - Sequences, light jumpcuts over an extended period of time over different locations
9 - 4:17 Matchcut - Matching characters actions into the next scene
Seriously? It’s a 5 minute video, we don’t really need content shortcuts..
Yes, it is only five minutes and 20 sec video. But was nice to have these reference points. So thanks for taking the time to insert them Ravenpoint.
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@@faith4today Thanks so much, we're happy to help! We'll summarize other videos you want as well, just request them using our chrome extension :)
Mezeman You are complaining about shortcuts? Seriously?
"Make your work as weird and original as possible"
will do.
😂 me too
Proceeds to make ytp
@@Nugcon lol
@@Nugcon "Proceedes to add Lightsabers to random videos."
that's what I'm doing too! 😂
“Make your work as weird and original as possible” - I might just frame that on my wall
Did you ?
That was dope
that's not original
@@raunak9257 still dope 🙄
@@GrowthIsPower still not original 😬
So, I'm still new to editing / filmmaking. Ive noticed these different types of cuts in big hollywood shows and never really had a platform to label them or why and where to place them. This helped me confirm, and learn a lot. Simple shit goes a really long way! Thanks.
Very true .. couldn’t agree more. I also recommend watching this. th-cam.com/video/AQtqMOWKadQ/w-d-xo.html
An actual sample of each of the cuts would’ve been nice. ....
he did lol
not all of them
He didn't do all of them
I agree. Frustrating.
But still informative.
Standard Cut 0:33
Jump Out 0:42
J-Cut 1:05
L-Cut 1:40
Cutting on Action 2:08
Cross-Cutting (Parallel Editing) 2:29
Cutaway 2:59
Montage 3:26
Match Cut 4:14
Thanks to Both of U :)
Thanks stephen
thanks for the time stamps man!
Jump OUT*
ty :), putting this here to get continously updated :D
i do most of these things just cuz they "feel right" never knew like they were actual techniques!
no complaints doe, helps me improve even more!
Summed up my entire course in Editing 1 in film school in just 5 and a half minutes! That was an entertaining tutorial of the basics while still providing some insight on how even the novice can make something amazing! Good work
stuff like editing and art school are scams
hey are you a video editor can you guide me about how to get work as a video editor.
The best use of the "J- cut" that I've seen was in Scary Movie 3 where Cindy (Anna Faris) was startled by a boat horn in the next scene. Genius. Lol
I couldn't find it anywhere man, do you have a link or something?
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hahahaha yessssss
Holy shit this is fucking amazing
@@AJnolley11 God.
Here are the cuts mentioned in the video - plus a few extra ones for good measure :)
Additionally, I have grouped them into two different contexts (Mechanical & Narrative), since a cut is often more than one thing.
It usually has two components - it's physical form and it's narrative function. Tony
1) Mechanical - How is the film assembled? - what is the editor actually doing to edit the footage.
a) Straight Cut: This is your basic cut. It's literally putting two clips side by side. You'll most likely use this more than any other kind of cut.
b) The Split Edit:
i) J-Cut: This is a big one, mostly because it offers a smooth transition from one shot to the next by having the audio of Clip B play at the tail end of Clip A. In other words, as you watch the first clip play, you begin to hear the audio from the next clip before you see its visuals.
ii) L-Cut: It's a J-cut in reverse. Instead of transitioning into Shot B with Shot B's audio, you're transitioning with Shot A's audio. So, as you watch the first clip play, you see the next clip as the audio from the first clip overlaps it. This is used all the time with dialogue scenes.
c) Jump Cut: These transitions are interesting because they fracture time in a very noticeable way. To pull it off, just take one of your longer clips, cut bits and pieces out of it, and put the fragments you want to include in your timeline back together. It'll look like the clip is "jumping" around through time.
d) Cutting on Action: To put it simply, "Cutting on Action" just means cutting in the middle of your subject's action, whether it's a punch, a head turn, or even someone reaching for a doorknob in one shot and then opening the door in the next. Mastering this cut is crucial because it helps hide edits that occur during an action.
2) Narrative - What does the cut say? What is the outcome of the cut in terms of story and meaning.
a) Match Cut: These stylish cuts are a great way to highlight your editorial creativity. On a technical level, it's a standard cut (from one shot to another). However, what makes it special is how it matches the similar actions of both shots. A great example of this is the shower scene in Psycho, where we see the shot of the water circling down the drain and then crossfades into a close-up of Marion Crane's eye, which is roughly the same size and in the same position within the frame as the drain. Match cuts can be done for video, audio or both.
b) Contast Cut: Drawing a connection between two things. To imply that they are an extension of one another or to creat commentary. An example being cutting from a crown of shoppers to a herd of sheep.
c) Cross-Cutting: Also known as parallel editing, this technique can get a little hairy if you're not careful, mainly because what you're doing is editing two different stories so they play side-by-side. You see this all the time in action movies, but my favorite example of this comes from Silence of the Lambs. Watch how director Jonathan Demme and editor Craig McKay use this technique to mislead the audience.
d) Cutaways: Also called an Insert Edit. These kinds of cuts are helpful if you want to add shots that give more information and context to a scene, like shots of the location to establish the setting or shots of props and other objects that a character is referring to. Because many editors use them to incorporate supplementary footage, it might be helpful to think of cutaways as "b-roll cuts."
e) Montage: You know what montages are, right? They're all over the place. A boxer wants to train for the big fight? Work out montage! A student needs to cram for finals? Study montage! A recent divorcée goes shopping before a big date? Fitting room montage! They are sequences of different shots that condense information, at least in the examples I just gave, but they also do the same for time and space (but that's more of the technical definition of montage).
f) The Transition: Any kind of mixing effect that merges clips together, like a fade or dissolve. For example, showing the passage of time or giving the audience time to breath when an intense scene ends.
Expressive Imagery nice!
You are welcome :)
Thank you for this!
well this is helpful.
Nice info!
I’ve been studying the algorithm and learning from all these youtubers. It’s crazy to know that I’m essentially on the path to film making and not just a TH-camr. I’ve loved making home movies since I was in middle school and that’s how Robert Rodriguez started out. I live for editing my content. It’s my natural high.
I love how you not only explained but also used the cuts while explaining them, so far havent seen anyone else use it like this, and its incredible, liked and subbed
Being an 80s kid my personal favorite is the montage, a staple of 80s films. And my pick for the best montage of all time is the one in Monster Squad. At first it seems like it'll be a typical 80s montage but it goes to great lengths to not only show every important character's preparation for the third act, it also has a couple of great gags in it while also setting up several great payoffs in the final act. All set to the catchy tune, Rock Until You Drop.
Love how fast you shared all these (and the b-roll and examples). Thanks for sharing!
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"In The Blink of An Eye," in the blink of an eye.
Great tutorial: short, sweet, and to the point with examples. Well done, sir!
This video came out 4 years ago; this is actual amazing content thank you man
9 cuts in only 5 minutes. Thank you for getting straight to the point in this tutorial.
Are all goes videos like this? Some of these guys just talk in circles
I LOVE this video! I watched it and will keep watching it many times, every time I just need a quick and clear and cool summary of all the editing cuts :) thanks! Really well done and easy to understand, and to remember as well!
Condensed several classes of film school into a single, concise, video. Very well done and very informative.
If I were to add anything it would be the power of the "fade/dissipative" cut (that's technically not even a cut) that can add so many layers to a shot.
E.g. Character is writing a letter to someone he/she cares about, throughout the writing (which is boring unto itself) the scribbling hand or character himself/herself fades or dissipates to where they're barely on the screen yet still visible, and other images or scenes bleed over them to show their thought process or who what they're thinking about/envisioning. Can be used to great effect to really convey a scene of heart ache, inner turmoil, romance, hardship, victory, etc.
I absolutly love these very short tutorials. If I want to know more about a specific cut I can still look it up. But for a high level overview this length is ideal.
Been editing since I was seven, I remember the classics of it when I used the camera and recorded some videos, used some old editing software, very simple. I later "upgraded" to iMovie, then KineMaster, now HitFilm 4. Thanks for this awesome tutorial! I use these cuts in a lot of my films (non of them posted) and never knew what they were called! 😂
Thanks, Ryan Gosling.
Right?!
Tony Tran hahaha
Spot on lmao
Yeah, he looks like Ryan...hahaha
I thought the same :D
YAY! Thank you Sutterstock tutorials! This was soooo helpful. I am just starting to learn to make jump cuts. This is a great video for learning. The video is packed with awesome information that is necessary. Samples are given after every new jump cut. It is amazing to listen to and to watch. Easy on the ears and easy on the eyes. I highly recommend it to all new users.
This was the literally one of the coolest and most helpful videos I’ve ever seen thank you
Laz - viva las vlogas
Straight to the point, absolutely amazing!
This is perfect, thanks for making something so concise, with great examples of when you might want to use them and what they look like.
I love the way you laid this out, very clean and easy to follow. Thank you.
I like that you gave your example of your favorite match cut.
Remember that jump cuts can also be used to imply action itself, not just the passage of time.
One of my favorites and a classic example is from Breathless, when Michel steals the keys to an apartment from behind the main lobby counter, then walks away, and the cut jumps to him walking out of the bathroom of the apartment. In the jump cut, we know he rode the elevator, opened the apartment, went into the bathroom, flushed, and then we catch him as he's exiting.
*I feel like I just took a 12 week course in editing with this 5 min video. I'm going to save this for future and continued reference thank you!!* :)
Thanks brother. Mission accomplished! You just gave me a whole avenue of fresh ideas!
I honestly never thought about different types of cuts until I saw your video in my recommended feed. I don't regret checking it out at all, extremely useful! Great work :)
Thank you for the video. I'm just getting started at editing and was inclined to fade from one scene to the next. This is helpful. I'm not sure why I assumed I should use fades. I think I'll stop.
I know I am late, but 4:43 another good example of this is from Once Upon A Time In America (SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS)
When Frank shoots the child and the editor cuts to a blurry (but soon clear) of a train that arrives at the train station. Masterful filmmaking that tells its own story!
Great video!
Amazing. I'm most hyped to try cross cutting. I talk in my videos I'm trying to make but I think cross cutting to give a visual representation of what I'm referencing would be a game changer. I saved your video so I can look up each of the 9 later on and get a more in-depth analyses.
Wow, these are some great video editing tips! As someone who is always looking to improve their editing skills, I really appreciate the breakdown of these essential cuts. I can't wait to try some of these out on my next project. Thanks for sharing your expertise, and keep up the great work!
*This was helpful to understand the jargon of film cuts...now we just have to workout how to do them in the movie editing software*
so I'm a Jumpcut
🤣 underrated comment
@@abhilashpatel3036 it's true
I'm a fade cut guy
@N1B0 it's not dead, there has been a pause between videos tho
Than i am too... I have only my GoPro and the most i do it jumpcuts
Favorite editing tips in youtube hands down. Thanks man!
Thank you for this educational tutorial I will reflect back and use this as a future tool
I do all that without knowing what they're called
I will do these without remembering what they are called 😁
@@Theriteshshow 😁
haha me too.
Amen, props to all the amateur creators out there
Me too. I just mimick TV and film.
These tutorials are dope. Keep it up guys!
Well done! Loved the first lines about the editor not mattering. In the end your vision does.
I just learned about double cutting. Especially useful in fight scenes for making hits feel like they have bigger impact. Pretty neat.
Never heard of any of the names but use them daily. Nice reminder seeing them all laid out in this vid. Chur shutterstock
I was sort of using some of these techniques but didn't know they had names.
Jake Rich I use some of these cuts and never knew the names of them either.
Awesome tutorial! This channel is really getting interesting.
Awesome short recap of cuts. Definitely gonna start using more of these.
Awesone video! The most
important thing, especially for jump Cuts, when you have background music: always cut on a beat. Makes a huge difference.
I wish film school was this interesting.
Austin Crow, film school is so overrated! TH-cam is probably the biggest and best place to learn from great video makers around the world! 90% of what I know I learned from YT & trying things myself.
@@syekbe im in a school with 17000 students in every class are 15 students u can be cook and cook in the restaurant and u can ben flight attendant with a practise plane. iam going to be a film maker and we have our own building with a fully green screen room and dollys and 5 red cameras and 3 arri alexa camera's. every year we go to a big city this year is paris we go watch a movie we go to a filmmaking market (i dont know the word) a big hall with stands like canon dji and rode and joby etc. we get alot of discount . eat together and sleep in a hotel. next year we go to newyork and iceland
dtp.productions instagram That’s awesome! If anyone can afford a good film school with that level of equipment, it’s great and also a good place to meet future collaboration partners. However, it can be too expensive and not a wise idea to get into debt. Best wishes.
I'm guessing you're american? Most schools around the world doesn't cost anything
VioX, yes > Los Angeles.
Now I'm looking forward to the whole series of A-Z cut 😂
I like how calming your voice is! It was indeed helpful and well-explained!
just got started on my videography journey and came across your video. thank you for the tips.
Sweet! I've used a lot of these and a few without even knowing what they were called!
Awesome! Learning is fun! XDDD
Been doing these cuts for years and I did not even know they had a name! High Vibes!
I really appreciate this run through! In editing my videos for TH-cam I realize I use the cutting on action and matchuts a lot, but never knew they had a name. Thanks!
Which app or software is used in editing
Thank you for your knowledge, I’m currently trying to change my career path to video editor, so that i may enjoy my job while i work. Great vid I’m saving this one!
I didn't know the names to all these but have used most in our videos at some point. Who needs film school hey.
J-Cut is like my Chef knife. I use it every day. I would say I might overuse it, but it's so essential…and so good ☺️
Genki Hagata oh yes
It's not overusing, you can consider it a benchmark of your editing skills, benchmark of you.
My benchmark is falling in love with montages, I do them more often than J-cuts.
same
Appreciate the tips. I only just started with TH-cam and editing so this was informative, thanks 👍
Dude, thanks for the lesson. Solid information and you did a great job of being clear and precise on explaining the different types of cuts and how they can be used. I am just getting into film editing and debating whether I should go to film school. Cheers!
hey are you a video editor can you guide me about how to get work as a video editor.
Thank you
Don't get me wrong i appreciate this video. With a visual example of the cuts, that would have taken this to the next level
I saw a visual.
Were you not watching?
Mike Reilly there were samples of all of them. I don't understand what people were watching, because I keep seeing this complaint, but the examples were clear to see.
Exactly my kind of explainer vid - casual and precise
Thank you for sharing such wonderful ideas in such a clear manner.
Thank you though I tried my best to understand and eventually I did it. Keep up the good work bro > Peach out from Thailand
Great video and helpful tips!
Thanks for the video! Great tutorial, will definitely be helpful for my future work!
From a beginner, this is great! So many options to convey emotions just through cutting.
Good stuff, now I know what I am doing is called.
right? hahaha
same here
😂 😂 I'm telling you... I'm passionate about cinematography, I just have the idea up there 💡 you know?? How I want it to look buh don't know the name, haha
Learned so much from this video, beautiful 💯💯.
Thank you for this tutorial brother, you explained this so freaking well and I loved the music and visuals. Really dope. Have an awesome day!
I'm completely new to filming myself and making a fitness page. This video helped a lot. Thank you!
That was a killer thumbnail m8, nice job!
„Make your work as weird and original as possible!“
Wes Anderson: „hold my colors“
Thank you for a great explanation of types of cuts.
Thanks I needed this. I am starting to learn and I took notes, very helpful to get me going
Im a new youtuber. These ideas are a new door to walk through to raising my editing game. Thanks
Very interesting, I just missed examples for each type of cut. Congrats.
This is SO informative! Your delivery as a presenter is excellent. We done.
Going to memorize this everyday!!! Thanks for the knowledge man
this was one of the most helpful editing tips for a beginner like me
You should give some examples. Intresting to know. I which I could imlement it if I know what it was all about.
Otto Oome he did. He just didn’t go into a tutorial on how to do the cut in great detail. But for each one, he showed an example of the cut.
Thanks for making such a succinct and clearly explained tutorial. Keep up the good work, friend!
this video is very helpful, he explains it well and clearly, would definitely recommend
Really good video, also was quite helpful, just one thing: It would be helpful to see a example of all cuts ;)
I’m looking for a video where someone follows the creator around as he sets all of these shots/angles up. I thought perhaps this would’ve been it🤷🏻♂️ still good advise though, thanks👍🏻
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I have been following you for a while now and it has been amazing, ever since then...
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Thank you for the advice. I still have shoot something as I am preparing for my trip to Europe!!!
Just picking up ideas here and there.
For narrative editing, consider cutting when characters blink, as we tend to blink after finishing a thought. Walter Mulch discusses this in his book, In the Blink of an Eye.
Gaspar Noe incorporates blinking into his editing in Into the Void, and it's so nicely done
Editing is beer to my wine
- Joker -
We live in a society.
Thanks for the vid. Learned a lot. I guess I was already doing a couple of these without knowing but will try to incorporate some of the ones I didn't know about.
thank you for confirming somethings I already do and introducing me to others to make me better!
Good topic but you should have tried to engage with the audience by giving more examples..
your video lacked examples for sake of clarity
Heis aPilot seems clear enough to me
@@Bodaciousmonet Rock 'n roll.. good for you.. 👊👍
I only spoke from mass audience POV..
I speak with experience and observing the general consensus.. surely you don't fall in that group.. so that's great.. however there is no hate and nothing to be triggered about.. Its that critical feedback is always great for the content creators and for the improvement process.. being a creator one must always look into to improvements in content creation.
@Brittany okie dokie mate 😀👊
I agree... Not very in depth.
"You gotta have a montage, monTAGE!"
Even Rocky had a montage!....
exactly montage determine these choices
God bless you
It is clear that you put in a lot of time and work to edit & publish this video. Thank you, sincerely.
Wow. I love it. Very informative and well explained. Thanks.
Would've been nice to see examples of all of them
Dude this was editing level 1/10.
True
Great video! It's always nice to refresh the basics.
A really cool cut I noticed from Knives Out:
1- Characters inside an office throw a baseball out the window
2- Wide shot of the front yard as the ball flies and lands. A moment later in the same shot, the next set of characters come walking into frame.
I just felt it was a really clever way to use the match cut to not only change shot, but change to a completely different set of characters.
You could have spent more time on #2 and given an example.
Otherwise I appreciate the brevity and scope. This has given me lots of ideas and inspiration.