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EasyMovie editors are true digital cutting artists. It's possible to get it right first time. You just have to put a bit of effort into it. That's why we've decided to teach you a little about the jargon of the editing world.

" The meaning of my films always comes in the editing, no matter what". Jean-Luc Godard This quote is far from gratuitous, and we're not just saying it because it comes from one of the greatest filmmakers in history - although we must admit we rather like quoting him. The duration and location of a shot are the two major parameters that determine the editing process. They both have a decisive effect on the quality of your videos. However, this is not the topic of the day. The great Christophe - a salesman at EasyMovie - explains in video how he took control of his video projects thanks to a lexical field as simple as it is effective: that of splices.

Let's get one thing straight

First of all, what is a fitting? That's a good question! Thank you for asking. We beg you...

A splice, then, is above all that which connects two elements, if we take the most basic definition. Therefore, in the beautiful world of audiovisuals, a splice is thearticulation between two shots to ensure continuity. What our speaker is talking about in the short film you've just seen is in fact the concept of transitional joins. It can also be used to describe an object that is in one shot and disappears in the next.

In a written sentence, this is a connector used to organize the discourse. For example: "He has a car. It's not clean". These two sentences, juxtaposed, form a clear but relatively austere whole. Adding a connector like "nevertheless" helps structure the idea and makes the whole thing more lively, less factual: "He has a car. But it's not clean...".

Whatever the type of cut, it's an essential tool for energizing a speech and ensuring its continuity. Rather than a long 3-minute sequence showing a speaker mechanically answering questions, cut here and there to get rid of moments of silence. You can also get rid of all those annoying onomatopoeia - like "Euuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh..." - which are not only unpleasant to the ear, but also slow down the pace of your videos.

Some types of fittings

Christophe shows you a few of them in the video above, but you're probably right to suspect thatthere are a plethora. The ones mentioned by our expert are the most basic, but he could have gone on to cover the transition fittings for shutter, mosaic, cross blur, vertical sweep, horizontal sweep, external rotation, internal rotation, 360° back flip, etc.

Don't worry. If you're not familiar with them, there's very little chance you'll ever need them. You can do whatever you like with your connectors, but the Play! editorial team is in favor of keeping things simple. While it's laudable to be imaginative with formats for internal communication, it's better to rely on a certain elegant sobriety for external use. We repeat: it all depends on the format.

We hope this editing lexicon tutorial answers some of your questions. If you have any others, please let us know in the comments.

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