Last updated on August 16th, 2021
Here we are going to dive deep into MovieFlix. Flix is short of the flick which means a short movement. Moviesflix is all those transitions and cuts which are used in movie making. Moviesflix is used in movie scenes in both audio and video forms.
MoviesFlix Cutting On Action
Cutting from one shot to another while the subject is still in motion.
It does not always need to be a punch or a kick. It could be as simple as a character turning or throwing something or a character going throw a door.
Cutaway
I can best describe cut away as cutting into an instant shot of something and then back.
It could exist in the same space as the characters or you can use cut a way to get inside the head of a character.
CrossCut
This is when the editor intercuts back and forth between locations. Most phone conversations are cross-cut. Cross-cutting can certainly maintain the attention and suspense of a sequence. This technique is also used to show what is going on inside the character’s head.
Jump Cut
Jump Cut is When the editor cuts between the same shot. It is often used to deliberately show the passing of time. Jump Cuts are also used to add urgency in the scenes. And there is a lot of jump cuts in baseball and cricket-like games.
Match Cut
Match Cuts are often mistakenly referred to as Jump Cuts however there is a difference. Match Cut Cuts from one shot to a similar shot by either matching the action of the composition.
Match Cuts are often used to sync transitions because they are mostly jumping from one place to another. That’s why it creates confusion on the matter.
Match cuts do not always have to be visual either. There are verbal match cuts as well.
Now let’s move on to Transitions.
Fade In Fade Out
We have observed thousands of times and it’s just dissolving either to or from black. Pretty self-explanatory.
Dissolve
Dissolve is when you blend one shot into another. They can represent the passing of time.
You can easily dissolve between the same shots.
Smash Cuts
Smash Cuts are broad transitions. The obvious example is someone is waking from an intense dream or a nightmare. Going from something intense to quiet or quiet to intense.
IRIS
IRIS is another transition. It used to be an in-camera effect back in the days when you could manually open and close the iris of the camera to do transitions from or to black. But nowadays it is used as a stylistic choice. A lot of these kinds of transitions you can find within a scene.
WIPE
WIPE transition is something like wiping. It is used to wipe out a scene within a scene. There are many types of wipes.
Invisible Cut
Invisible cuts are used to give the impression of a single take however cuts are hidden in a blacklist. You can hide the cut in motion of the camera movement.
An editor might also have a cut on an object crossing a frame. Or you can hide a cut when the subject leaves a frame. Just like any good magic trick.
L-Cut
L-Cut is an audio-based transition. This is when the audio from the current shot is carried to the next shot.
This is used all the time even when the characters are talking to each other.
J-Cut
J-Cut is when the audio of the next scene starts before you get to it. So you hear what is going on before you see what is going on.
These are very crafted editing techniques that people might not even notice. And that’s the point.
The J-Cuts and L-Cuts are specifically designed to maintain a smooth flow. A smooth transition from one scene to another with audio guiding the way.
The J-Cut is also good for revealing a new element within a scene.
Creative Cuts
When you know about all available cuts then you start mixing them and matching them to create some creative Cuts like a Match J-Cut or a Verbal Match J-Cut or Cross-Cutting Cut Away or Cut Away Jump Cuts or Cross-Cutting Match Cut.
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You can find all those MoviesFlix from the movies listed below.
Fight Club (1999)
Director: David Fincher
Editor: James Haygood
Leon: The Professional (1994)
Director: Luc Besson
Editor: Sylvie Landra
Death Proof (2007)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Editor: Sally Menke
Snatch (2000)
Director: Guy Ritchie
Editor: Jon Harris
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Director: Gore Verbinski
Editors: Stephen E. Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt, Craig Wood
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001
Director: Peter Jackson
Editor: John Gilbert
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Director: David Lean
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Easy Rider (1969)
Director: Dennis Hopper
Editor: Donn Cambern
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)
Director: Brad Bird
Editor: Paul Hirsch
The Good The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
Director: Sergio Leone
Editors: Eugenio Alabiso, Nino Baragli
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Editor: Michael Kahn, George Lucas
The Matrix (1999)
Director: The Wachowskis
Editor: Zach Staenberg
Jaws (1977)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Editor: Verna Fields
Point Break (1991)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Editor: Howard E. Smith
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Director: Zack Snyder
Editor: Niven Howie
Skyfall (2013)
Director: Sam Mendes
Editor: Stuart Baird
Back to the Future (1985)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Editors: Harry Keramidas, Arthur Schmidt
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Director: Frank Capra
Editor: William Hornbeck
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Director: John Landis
Editor: Malcolm Campbell
Se7en (1995)
Director: David Fincher
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Director: Cameron Crowe
Editors: Joe Hutshing, Mark Livolsi
Spiderman (2002)
Director: Sam Raimi
Editors: Arthur Coburn, Bob Murawski
The Departed (2006)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Misery (1990)
Director: Rob Reiner
Editor: Robert Leighton
First Blood
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Editor: Joan E. Chapman
Robocop (1987)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Editor: Frank J. Urioste
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Director: Frank Oz
Editor: John Jympson
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Director: Tom Dey
Editor: Richard Chew
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Director: Wes Anderson
Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Director: Michel Gondry
Editor: Valdis Oskarsdottir
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2005)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Editor: Sally Menke
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Director: George Miller
Editor: Margaret Sixel
The Departed (2006)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Director: Robert De Niro
Editors: R.Q. Lovett, David Ray
The Natural (1984)
Director: Barry Levinson
Editor: Christopher Holmes, Stu Linder
Major League (1989)
Director: David S. Ward
Editor: Dennis M. Hill
Grease (1978)
Director: Randal Kleiser
Editor: John F. Burnett
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Director: Frank Oz
Editor: John Jympson
The Frighteners (1996)
Director: Peter Jackson
Editor: Jamie Selkirk
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Director: Peter Jackson
Editor: Michael Horton
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Director: Gore Verbinski
Editors: Stephen E. Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt, Craig Wood
Forrest Gump (1994)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Editor: Arthur Schmidt
West Side Story (1961)
Directors: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Editor: Thomas Stanford
Baraka (1992)
Director: Ron Fricke
Editors: David Aubrey, Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Director: Jay Roach
Editors: Debra Neil-Fisher, Jon Poll
Psycho (1960)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Editor: George Tomasini
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Director: Frank Darabont
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
The Hustler (1961)
Director: Robert Rossen
Editor: Dede Allen
The Godfather (1972)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Editors: William Reynolds, Peter Zinner
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Editors: Lisa Fruchtman, Gerald B. Greenberg, Walter Murch
Election (1999)
Director: Alexander Payne
Editor: Kevin Tent
Nosferatu (1922)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
Director: Richard Marquand
Editors: Sean Barton, Duwayne Dunham, Marcia Lucas
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Director: Charles T. Barton
Editor: Frank Gross
Field of Dreams (1989)
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Editor: Ian Crafford
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Editors: Roderick Jaynes, Tricia Cooke
Total Recall (1990)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Editors: Carlos Puente, Frank J. Urioste
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Editor: Sally Menke
The Shining (1980)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Director: Edgar Wright
Editor: Chris Dickens
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Editor: Sally Menke
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Editor: Mark Livolsi
Nosferatu (1922)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Birth of a Nation (1915)
Director: D.W. Griffith
Editors: D.W. Griffith, Joseph Henabery, James Smith, Rose Smith, Raoul Walsh
A Christmas Story (1983)
Director: Bob Clark
Editor: Stan Cole
The Departed (2006)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Boogie Nights (1997)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
Director: George Lucas
Editors: Richard Chew, Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas
A Christmas Story (1983)
Director: Bob Clark
Editor: Stan Cole
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Director: Jim Sharman
Editor: Graeme Clifford
Rope (1948)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Editor: William H. Ziegler
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
Director: Sam Raimi
Editor: Kaye Davis
Birdman (2014)
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Editors: Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Boogie Nights (1997)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Magnolia (1999)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Director: Edgar Wright
Editor: Chris Dickens
The Sting (1973)
Director: George Roy Hill
Editor: William Reynolds
Man on the Moon (1999)
Director: Milos Forman
Editors: Adam Boome, Lynzee Klingman, Christopher Tellefsen
Predator (1987)
Director: John McTiernan
Editors: Mark Helfrich, John F. Link
Jaws (1977)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Editor: Verna Fields
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Editor: Martin Hunter
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Director: Michel Gondry
Editor: Valdis Oskarsdottir
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Editor: Michael Kahn
Stand By Me (1986)
Director: Rob Reiner
Editor: Robert Leighton
Goodfellas (1990)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Editors: James Y. Kwei, Thelma Schoonmaker
Big (1988)
Director: Penny Marshall
Editor: Barry Malkin
The Graduate (1967)
Director: Mike Nichols
Editor: Sam O’Steen
Fight Club (1999)
Director: David Fincher
Editor: James Haygood
Man on the Moon (1999)
Director: Milos Forman
Editors: Adam Boome, Lynzee Klingman, Christopher Tellefsen
Fight Club (1999)
Director: David Fincher
Editor: James Haygood
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Director: George Miller
Editor: Margaret Sixel
Adaptation (2002)
Director: Spike Jonze
Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen
Gladiator (2000)
Director: Ridley Scott
Editor: Pietro Scalia
The Green Mile (1999)
Director: Frank Darabont
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Field of Dreams (1989)
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Editor: Ian Crafford
The Green Mile (1999)
Director: Frank Darabont
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Editor: Michael Kahn
The Sting (1973)
Director: George Roy Hill
Editor: William Reynolds
