Jumps and Wipes

There are two main edit styles we are concerned with and they don't get used very often.
The Wipe is where one screen is slowly wiped off the screen by the other. The trailer for "Man in the Iron Mask' uses this technique repeatedly and whilst it was often used in the 60s it has been largely neglected until the recent wave of more 'punky' directors such as Tarantino and Ritchie. WATCH THIS EXTRACT - IT'S VERY LOUD!

A jump cut is where an edit goes from one shot to another, in the same scene yet the change is less than 30 degrees - this disorientates the viewer and gives the effect of 'jumping'.