5 Film Editing Cuts (2024)

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How many cuts are in film editing? ›

Some of the different types of cuts in film include the standard or hard cut, jump cuts, J & L cuts, cutaways, cross cuts, cutting in action, montages, cut-ins and smash cuts.

Murch's six rules on editing consist of Emotion, Story, Rhythm, Eye trace, Two- dimensional Plane of Screen, and Three-dimensional Space of Action, which all have different values in order of importance for the cut.

The basic cut — sometimes referred to as a hard cut, straight cut in film, or simply “cut” — is when we transition between two shots (audio and video) with no crazy emphasis. For more on basic cuts, check out our video on “shot reverse shot” below.

A rough cut is the first edited version of a film, usually without sound, music, or titles.

cut: (1) In filmmaking, the joining of two strips together with a splice. (2) In the finished film, an instantaneous change from on framing to another. See also jump cut.

A hard cut simply cuts from one shot to the next. The most basic type of cut, this transition immediately moves between shots to imply plot progression without any sort of insert in between. It's usually only used to cut between shots within scenes, since a hard cut from one scene to the next can feel disruptive.

What is Final cut in film editing? ›

The final cut is the finished product; the film is ready to be distributed, and shown to audiences. At this point, there is no turning back, no further revisions to the edit, and the film is out there forever!

A deleted scene is footage that has been removed from the final version of a film or television show. There are various reasons why these scenes are deleted, which include time constraints, relevance, quality or a dropped story thread, and can also be due to budgetary concerns.

It should be noted that the stages of editing will vastly differ between skillset and industry. With feature films, they would follow; Logging, First Assembly, Rough Cut, Fine Cut, and Final Cut.

When it comes to film production, you've got 5 key phases: development, pre-production, production, post-production and distribution. Each stage is centered around a different purpose, with each one leading nicely onto the next. Many films fall at the development and pre-production stages.

Based on the feature movies I edited myself, I would put the number of cuts in a ~100 minute feature to be between 1000–2000 (an ASL of 3–6). These were all done in the past 20 years. There are some outliers, but I dare call this typical.

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…of the editor is the cutting ratio—the proportion of film shot to that used in the final film. Some directors shoot as little as 3 times as much as is required, while others may shoot 10 times as much or even more.

An editor's cut (also known as the first cut or rough cut) of a motion picture is made by the film editor on his or her own, or working with the film director. In modern big-budget films, this often begins while filming is still taking place.

Aspect ratio in video editing refers to the proportional relationship between the width and the height of the video frame. It is expressed as two numbers separated by a colon, such as 4:3 or 16:9. The first number represents the width of the video, and the second number represents the height.