PRINCIPLES OF EDITING: CUTTING TO SOUNDTRACK
Cutting to soundtrack is a technique used where a cut is made based on a sound. This can either be a natural sound (e.g. if a phone rings while there is a conversation going on between two subjects, the cut will be made to the phone as soon as it makes a noise) or it could be to the music soundtrack that has been played in post production (an example of how cutting to soundtrack works with a music track would be a montage). Cutting to soundtrack is very common in music videos and trailers because they keep up with the pace with the music.
An example of cutting to soundtrack can be scene in this scene from The Runaways. The band are playing a song called "California Paradise" to a crowd that is not responding very well. This is a good example of cutting to soundtrack because we see a cut made every time a lyric has been sung or when the guitar has finished a riff. We also see a good example of natural cutting to soundtrack starting at 0.47 seconds. A girl in the crowd throws a can at the guitarist Joan Jett and then there is a cut to Joan Jett hitting the can with her guitar (which makes a noise bang on the cut). The scene cuts back to the girl being hit in the head with the can, which also cuts with the noise.
Cutting to soundtrack is a technique used where a cut is made based on a sound. This can either be a natural sound (e.g. if a phone rings while there is a conversation going on between two subjects, the cut will be made to the phone as soon as it makes a noise) or it could be to the music soundtrack that has been played in post production (an example of how cutting to soundtrack works with a music track would be a montage). Cutting to soundtrack is very common in music videos and trailers because they keep up with the pace with the music.
An example of cutting to soundtrack can be scene in this scene from The Runaways. The band are playing a song called "California Paradise" to a crowd that is not responding very well. This is a good example of cutting to soundtrack because we see a cut made every time a lyric has been sung or when the guitar has finished a riff. We also see a good example of natural cutting to soundtrack starting at 0.47 seconds. A girl in the crowd throws a can at the guitarist Joan Jett and then there is a cut to Joan Jett hitting the can with her guitar (which makes a noise bang on the cut). The scene cuts back to the girl being hit in the head with the can, which also cuts with the noise.
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