Editing techniques

Jump Cuts
An example of jump cuts is in the movie called Royal Tenenbaums. In the scene just before he kills himself he is shaving his beard and cutting his hair. There is jump cuts here to reflect his emotions to show that he is unsteady and that there was something wrong with him. You will see the clip below. Jump cuts was discovered by Melies. Also another person who used jump cuts is Goddard by discontinuity; purposely to break continuity.



Transitions
An example of transitions is a fade out. An example of this is in a scene of the movie Ghost in 1990. Transitions were discovered by Melies and it's used to smooth out the scene/movie. Also it helps the audience know that the movie has ended especially if music is playing on top of it. In the example below it shows that the scene has ended nicely and smoothly because they are together.




180 degree rule
18- degree rule is when a camera is pointing at two different people who are in front of each other on either side to show that they are having a conversation. The camera can't cross the line of action because it will then be a different shot; it wouldn't look like the two people are looking at each other. This is why only single cameras use 180 degree rule, if multi cameras was to try and use this technique they would break it because other cameras will be seen in the shot. An example will be shown below of a scene in doctor who where 180 degree rule is being used.