Editing

1. Match Cut

A match cut utilizes the simplicity of a standard cut. A match cut is when the action, colors, subject(s) of one shot are continued forward into the next clip. A match cut tries to match the second clip to the first.

2. Jump Cut

A jump cut is when you move forward in time within a clip to speed things up. You will notice a lot of jump cuts in YouTube videos where people are talking. A jump cut speeds up the action and keeps your viewer's attention better than watching a scene play out in real time.

3. J Cut and L Cut

A 'J' cut is when the audio from your next clip is played over the video (and sometimes audio) of the current clip on your timeline. An 'L' cut is the opposite. An 'L' cut places the video from clip 2 over the audio from clip 1. 

4. Cutting On Action

Cutting on action is as it sounds. You cut from one scene to the next in the middle of action occurring on camera. The sequential clip tries to play off that same action in some way.

5. Montage

A montage edit sequence is similar to the jump cut. A montage edit, however, utilizes clips from a variety of different shots and scenes. Whereas the jump cut only makes the cuts within one shot.

6. Cross-cut

Cutting back and forth between two sequences. You can cross-cut between a pair of scenes, or you can cross-cut among multiple scenes in multiple locations. You can even cross-cut between two events taking place in the same physical space and on the same exact timeline.

7. Parallel editing

Parallel editing uses the same back-and-forth technique found in cross-cutting, but its purpose is slightly different. Specifically, parallel editing does not necessarily strive for the illusion that two scenes are happening simultaneously. Instead, it intercuts to draw thematic comparisons.