Looking at the cuts that I could do and regular transitions

While I still feel very much anxious and unprepared to complete my short film, I need to continue with the process. I am more aware of the different types of shots and angles for the film aspects, even the more technical aspects of the video features such as the frame rate and the resolution of it, but I have not revised about the types of cuts there are, what are their meanings, and how to include them. I want to continue the editing and doing it as fast as I can to get it ready and have one draft seeing with other people, but it is not useful to continue in the editing without knowing what to do, when I see others people work I don't even notice the editing, it looks really amateurish and the cuts do not seem to be seen good, which it just makes it seem faster and not understandable. For example, if someone did not know about my story or what I am trying to say, I think that it is not as clear that the story is about someone who has ARFID and is struggling with her eating, it only sees to be a person struggling in general and not understanding what she is doing. 

I liked the way that it is being explained, which is exactly what I needed to know what types of  cuts I will be doing. For the video, I learned from this video to decide if a cut is needed and what to choose from:

• What emotions I want to show in the scene or shot?
• Does it move the story for the plot?
• Is the rhythm going in a way that makes sense?
• What is the movement and the focus for the audience?
• Is the path of the Axis along with the film?
• Does it have the space along the scene coherent?

From this video, I think that my film will mostly consist of:

• Jump Cut- Cutting from one action of a chracter to the same character appering to have "jumped", hence the name. As I seen in various videos, these would be heavily used within my montage, also noting to the time passing between each scene, how she jumps from different times. Try not to use it as much as it shows the editted nature of the film, a more "Artificial" tone and themes, which in my film would not get as well, since I'm trying to portray this problems and the story itself as "real" it can be feel, not disconnect the aduience form the experience of seeing my character as a real person, that it feels as if they were stepping to see her life for a couple of days.
• Insert Shot- To make the audience see in detail a prop or object, which will have a great toll within the sotry itself and how your aduidience interprets it. For me, it will b eused as togather with the calendar as it is shown with days marked as the days passed, showing in a close up what date it is and make sure the audience make the connection of it being very near to her birthday as well as how the hand movmeent goes each time more weakly, due to lack of nutrition
• Match Cut- Matching a certain piece of sound, graphic or movement to the next scene, showing symbolism or drawing connections. I will specifically use it to match audio, how the annoying sound would be countiniuing throughout the montage, but increasing in each day, showing how it is taking a toll on her and destabalizing the calm environment that she had. I would like to do a graphic match cut, where Maripposa's phone can be seen ringing on her table to match it to her Dad calling her and then zooming out to reveal her Dad
• Eyeline Match-I can cut between the gaze from Mariposa to the note from her therapist, as well as going from the phone to her seeing the calendar. It is to  make the audience focus on that scene alone and be able to understand the countiniutiy of the scene itself, since some of the objects or things being cut away to are critical to the story, the calendar signifiying the passage of time and how the peanut butter reference comes at the end. Within the montage, cutting to matching the plate of food, how it looks form her perspective, litterally and mentally
• Cutaway- Cutting from the original shot to a new one, then returning to the previous one with a new meaning. Done mostly in the supermarket scne, cutting from seeing the aisles of food, to then seeing Mariposa looking worried, then again to the food with the undertanding that she is trying to face her fears

It was refreshing to lkearn about the differnt types of cuts, have not been looking at them in intesinty as much as other aspects of the editting process. WIth this, I can safely name which shot will be needed and what effect to use specifically to achieve it. I will alter some of my previous edititng work with this information, hopefuly achiving a better cohesive narrative as I wanted it. 

Citations:

“10 Cuts & Transitions Every Video Editor Should Know.” Youtube, Movavi Blog, 23 Aug. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tEw1ncznYU&t=127s.