Editing - the stage in the film-making process in which sound and images are organised into an overall narrative.
Continuity Editing - the most common type of editing, which aims to create a sense of reality and time moving forward.
Jump Cut - an abrupt disorientating transitional device in the middle of a continuos shot in which the action is noticeably advanced in time/ or cut between two similar shots, usually done to create discontinuity for artistic effect.
Credits - the information at the beginning and end of a film, which gives details of cast and crew etc.
Cross Cutting - the editing technique of alternating, interweaving, or interspersing one narrative action with another - usually in different locations or places, thus combining two: this editing technique usually suggests Parallel Action. Often used to dramatically build tension and/ or suspense in chase scenes or to compare two different scenes.
Cutaways - a brief shot that momentarily interrupts continuos action by briefly inserting another related action. Object, or person, followed by a cutback to the original shot.
Freeze Frame - the effect of seemingly stopping film in order to focus in on one event or element.
Eye-line Match - a type of edit which cuts from one character to what that character has been looking at.
Flashback - a scene or moment in a film in which the audience is shown an event that happened earlier in the film's narrative.
Shot Reverse-Shot - edits which switch back and forth between two characters interacting with each other.
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