This document discusses different cinematic techniques for transitioning between shots, including match on action where one shot shows a character reaching for something and the next shot shows what they reached for. It also describes parallel editing where two simultaneous storylines are cut between to create tension, as well as establishing shots that introduce a setting for viewers.

1. By Russie Miessi

3. This is when one object
blends into another with
the shot following. An
example of this is if
steam from a kettle blend
into steam to a train.

4. Match on action is when
one shot is showing the
character reaching for
something off screen
and the next shot shows
what they’ve reached
for. An example of this is
when a person reaches
for the door and the
next shot show the door
opening from a different
angle.

5. This is when you have
the character looks
over at something off
screen and the
following shot shows
what they’re looking
at.

6. Another name for this is called Parallel Editing. This
is when two different actions are taking place in
the same time and the shot cuts from both scenes.
A good example of this is if a child is playing with a
ball and the ball rolls onto the road. Then the next
shot would cut the careless driver on the phone.
The next shot would cut the child running for the
ball. The following show (increasingly getting faster
in cuts to create tension) back to the driver being
careless and so on till the both scenes join with the
driver smashing into the child.

7. This shot is commonly used to
introduce a setting. This is so
the viewer recognised where
the action is about to take
place. Crane shots/aerial
shots and long shots are
frequently used as stabling
shots.