Film Vocabulary- Editing via other means

Editing via other means

Dissolve- a gradual transition from one shot to another.  Not the same as a fade in or fade out

Fade in- a gradual transition from a blank screen to an image/ shot

Fade out- a gradual transition from an image/shot to a blank screen, usually black or white in colour

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. If the wipe proceeds from two opposite edges of the screen toward the center or vice versa, it is known as a barn door wipe (named for its similarity to a pair of doors opening or closing).   There are lots of different types of wipe including: iris slow, star wipe, heart wipe, matrix wipe and many more

Superimposition- 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 (such as when a different face is superimposed over the original face in a photograph)

Long take- uninterrupted shot in a film which lasts much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general, usually lasting several minutes. Long takes are often accomplished through the use of a dolly shot or Steadicam shot

Short take- scenes that are no more than five seconds long are considered a short take

Fast motion- action that appears to move faster than normal on the screen, accomplished by filming the action at less than normal speed in the camera and then projecting it at normal speed

Ellipsis- the omission of a section of the story that is either obvious enough for the public to fill in or concealed for a narrative purpose, such as suspense or mystery

Expansion of time-you are making the duration of the video sequence longer than real-time.   Some example of how to do this are slow motion and many different angles, all showing the same thing

Post-production- Post-production is many different processes grouped under one name. These typically include:

• Video editing the picture of a television program using an edit decision list (EDL)
• Writing, (re)recording, and editing the soundtrack.
• Adding visual special effects - mainly computer-generated imagery (CGI) and digital copy from which release prints will be made (although this may be made obsolete by digital-cinema technologies).
• Sound design, Sound effects, ADR, Foley and Music, culminating in a process known as sound re-recording or mixing with professional audio equipment.
• Transfer of Color motion picture film to Video or DPX with a telecine and color grading (correction) in a color suite

Visual effects- the processes by which imagery is created and/or manipulated outside the context of a live action shot. Visual effects involve the integration of live-action footage and computer generated imagery to create environments which look realistic, but would be dangerous, expensive, impractical, or simply impossible to capture on film