MCAMERA MOVEMENTFIELD MANUAL

LEARNING VOLUME · 03

Editing & Continuity

Editing & Continuity lessons with original diagrams, production steps, common mistakes, and exercises.

  1. 01

    Match on action

    Match on action cuts between views during one continuous movement so the action bridges the edit.

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  2. 02

    Eyeline match

    An eyeline match cuts from a character looking off screen to the person or object the character is understood to be seeing.

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  3. 03

    Invisible cut

    Invisible cutting is continuity editing designed so viewers follow the narrative rather than notice changing shots.

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  4. 04

    Montage

    Montage organizes shots so their graphic, rhythmic, or conceptual relationships create meaning beyond any single image.

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  5. 05

    Cross-cutting

    Cross-cutting alternates shots from two or more lines of action in different places, usually to suggest simultaneity.

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