How can you achieve the quick cutting effect in a montage

Question

So I'm trying to do something similar to this Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Gift - YouTube  for a trailer I'm editing for a film festival. After I introduce all the films individually, I wanted to do a montage at the end with quick cuts similar to video in the link I posted (although I'm not sure if I want it to be that intense.) That clip is from the year 2000, so I'm assuming the editors used Avid for that. How would one achieve this in Premiere? I've looked at YouTube videos at "time lapse" and "fast forwarding" but they weren't really helping me with what I was trying to do. Is there a name for this effect? I can't tell if the frames speed were increased, or if they just put in shorter frames to give it that quickness feel. I also tried increasing the speed of the clips in Premiere, but it put black spaces between each clip? Please let me know if anyone understands what I'm talking about and could possibly help!

bucksommerkamp · Answer

From the example you give, it looks like a whole bunch of clips (dozens!) strung together on a timeline with shorter and shorter durations. By the time you get to that last couple seconds, they're probably throwing clips in there of just 2-3 frames in length - at 30 frames per second, you could cram 15 super-quick image flashes into one second of running time.

It's all about the editing, and I don't think they're doing anything with clip speed - only the duration of the clips in the timeline. Just use the cut tool or set very short in/out durations of your clips - making them shorter and shorter each time - and you'll be able to achieve this effect.

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