EDITING AND SOUND - Micro Features

EDITING

JUMP CUT

A jump cut in film editing in which two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly if at all. This type of edit gives the effect of jumping forwards in time. For example = The office/parks and rec

ELLIPTICAL EDITING

Whereby parts of the story are deliberately omitted, leaving the audience to 'fill in the gaps'. 

CROSS-CUTTING

Editing that alternates between two or more spheres of action occurring in different places, often simultaneously. 

DIFFERENT CUTS/TRANSITIONS

(Straight) cut

Dissolve

Fade

Wipe

Dip (to black/white) 

SOUND

CONTRAPUNTAL SOUND

Music that seems to clash with the onscreen action, thereby creating a particular effect on the audience (compare parallel sound). 

PARALLEL SOUND

Sounds that match the onscreen action.

major key = happy
minor key = sad
leit motif = short section that represents a character
motif = short repeated section



DIEGETIC     |   NON-DIEGETIC
Happens         |    Voice Overs
within             |    Sounds/themes
the films         |
world              |

Hyperreal
Amplified diegetic sound.

Synchronous sound - sounds that match what we can see on the screen.
Asynchronous sound - sounds not matched with a visible source.
Dissonance - unpleasant sounds lacking harmony.

Sound bridge - where sound carries over from one scene to the next.
Ambient sound - sounds of a given location.
Soundscape - a sound or combination of sounds arising from a particular environment.
Background music.
Diegetic/non-diegetic.