Research & Planning - Jump Cuts, Match Cuts & Cut Aways

Here is a helpful video to inform audiences what exactly a Jump Cut, Match Cut & Cut Away is. WARNING: This video may be a bit cheesy.

Jump Cuts

A Jump Cut is when the continuity in a scene does not match the actions e.g. Driving around in a car, the location changes immediately while still driving the car. Jump Cuts give an uneasy feel and can be quite confusing when they're being used, but they help to make a scene play out and make time go faster, so instead of waiting for something to happen, the jump cuts skip a few seconds.

Here's an example:

Throughout this clip a number of jump cuts were used, while driving the car, holding the gun and shooting the policeman.

Match Cuts

A match cut is when an object matches another object e.g. the camera focuses on a bone being tossed in the air, then the scene dissolves into a space ship replacing the bone. Using this camera movement helps to change the scene dramatically, instead of just cutting to the next scene straight away the scene dissolves into another, reincarnating into another object.

Cut Aways 

A cut away is when the camera is focused on to the person and then changes to someone else then back to the person from before. The person can be looking at an object or a person and then the camera moves to the object or person but then reverts back to the person. (Like a shot reverse shot but instead of over four shots, only three shots are used.

 

This Music Video uses a lot of jump cuts, jumping into different times and locations in the day but with the same person. A few cut aways are used during the train scene where the man and woman look at couples, person to couple back to person. And there is a small use of match cuts during the video too.

Using these camera movements can help boost a film trailer or teaser trailer, attracting many audiences due to the surprising and dramatic camera movements.

Research & Planning - Genre Research

Fantasy

A Fantasy film would contain supernatural and imaginative themes, the films plot could be about a different world compared to Earth, fairytales such as Cinderella, Peter Pan etc. With the help of CGI, fantasy films can now have show a realistic effect, also with the use of high key lighting to show the happy moods and bright bold colours.

Romance Comedy (Rom Com)

In a 'Rom Com' the audience would notice, high key lighting is used to give the film lively effect of real life. Also light music and soundtrack. A 'Rom Com' would most likely have a female protagonist looking for love and the male lead role would be the females love interest, some light humor would be included in the film depending on the certificate and some angst could also be included just to add some drama.

Horror

A Horror film would contain violence and gore to scare the audience, the film would unexpectedly focus on a possessed child or woman as they are known for being innocent and sometimes weak, or be about zombies, bringing peoples nightmares and fears to life. Horror films tend to use a lot of low key lighting to give a dramatic effect and confuse the audience.

Comedy

Comedies are mostly known for having a high certificate (12a & above) because of the use of bad language and adult humour, but they produce entertaining plot lines to make the audience laugh. Sometimes the film may contain some serious material, most have a happy ending. The plot lines tend to focus on a group of friends on a quest/event e.g 'This Is the End', where a group of actors are trapped in the aftermath of a global apocalypse and must do whatever they can to survive. High key lighting is used in a comedy to reflect the humour and show the real life atmosphere.