As editor, you are a god. These cuts are your disciples.

“A lot of these cuts are so common and feel so natural that you don’t even think about it,” says the narrator of the latest video essay from Rocket Jump Film School, which outlines some basic tools in the editor’s arsenal.

Indeed, the editor’s job is to be invisible—or, rather, subconscious. She wants to get inside your head and make you feel something without realizing why. Of all the below-the-line talent that goes into the making of a film, the editor is arguably the most important and under-appreciated.

You’ve seen all of the cuts in this video before, but unless you’re an editor, you may not have recognized just how crucial cuts and transitions are to the life of the narrative.

via Don’t Know a Cutaway from a Cross-Cut? This Video Breaks Down Edit-Speak.