Editing Notes from The Art of Storyboarding (section)

== Types of transitions ==

I think he covered this in class, maybe I never finished transcribing my notes to the wiki?

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Anyway, 

=== Standard ===

Just butting two clips up against each other without any added meaning. 

=== Jump cut ===

Cut around a single shot with the intent of speeding up time. Cutting out slices of a contiguous clip. Demonstrates the passing of time.

=== J-Cut ===

The audio of the following clip overlaps the visual of the preceding clip as a way of introducing the context of the next clip.

=== L-Cut ===

The opposite of a J-cut. The audio of the preceding clip overlaps the visual of the following clip. Again, to blend the two together. Used a lot in conversational scenes. 

=== Cutting on action ===

Cutting on a character making any arbitrary motion.

=== Cross-cutting ===

A series of cuts back and forth between two scenes. Used often in phone conversations, and when parents are heading home after a weekend away and the kids have to clean up their mess.

=== Cutaway ===

Cut to an insert shot that establishes the context of the action. The audio can continue over the visual uninterrupted. Typically, you cut away and then return to the original clip.

=== Montage ===

Radically compresses a long process down to a series of short clips. 

=== Match cut ===

An action or composition continues from one clip into the next clip. Similar to a jump cut, but between two distinct shots.

=== Fade In/Fade Out ===

Fade to or from a flat color, typically black.

=== Dissolve ===

Cross fade two clips so we're seeing both images simultaneously during the transition.