The film theory behind the cut — continuity, the Kuleshov effect, montage, the 180-degree rule, J/L-cuts and Murch’s Rule of Six.
Continuity editing is the dominant Hollywood system that stitches shots together so smoothly the audience never notices the cut.
Intercutting two simultaneous storylines is one of editing's oldest tension machines — here is how to use it with precision.
The fastest way to make a cut disappear is to bury it inside a movement that was already in progress.
The two most powerful cuts in dialogue editing are named after letters — and once you understand them, you will use them on every project.
A match cut links two completely different shots by a shared visual element — and when it works, the audience barely notices the seam.
Montage means two very different things depending on who you ask, and understanding both will make you a sharper editor.
Understand the invisible grammar of screen direction and you will never lose your audience in space again.
Coverage is the raw material of editing, and understanding every shot type in the toolkit is how editors turn a pile of footage into a coherent, emotionally driven story.
Master the invisible line that keeps your cuts clean and your audience locked into every scene.
The jump cut went from a filmmaker's mistake to one of the most powerful pacing tools in modern video editing.
A single neutral face becomes hunger, grief, or desire depending on what you cut before it — and that discovery changed editing forever.
Before you make a cut, Murch's Rule of Six gives you six weighted questions to ask — and the answers will tell you whether that edit deserves to exist.
Editing is fundamentally a time machine — every cut is a decision about where in time the audience lives next.
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