Match on match editing involves cutting between two shots of the same scene from different angles to create a continuous shot. The cuts are made at key matching points in the action, such as a person opening a door. This allows different perspectives while maintaining continuity of movement. An example describes cutting between three shots of a person walking out a door - when they touch the door, walk through, and begin turning in the hallway. Ensuring the cuts occur at the same point in the action makes it appear as a single long shot, rather than separate clips.

1. Match on Match Action

2. Match on match action is an editing process, where two shots of the
same scene in different positions are edited to show a continuous
stream through movement in a scene, for example a shot of someone
walking out a door, and a shot with a different perspective would show
the person exiting the door and turning to walking away.

3. A possible error of continuity would be to
show the person exiting the door and cut to
them turning and walking away with the door
already closed. This does not flow as part of
the scene because realistically the door would
have been in shot and would have been seen
to close. This action of continuity (the door
being shown to close) draws the attention of
the audience to avoid them noticing other
small continuity errors, for example hair
changes or hand movements, whether the
hands were at their sides or elsewhere.
Match on match action portrays the same
action using two different shots, so the cut
between the shots would be when the person
lets go of the door and starts to turn, which
would the change the angle to where they
would walk away from the door.

5. This is my example of match on match editing. In this short clip, the
person is shown to be walking out a room, into the corridor, and walking
away from the room. There are three shots of her walking out of the
room; walking towards the door, opening the door, and exiting the room.
The match on match action with in these three shots had to be cut at
exact moments to ensure continuity or else the clips would like very
much like three shots put together instead one long shot from different
viewpoints. The first cut was when the person put her hand on the door
and began to pull it open. The second, with the camera in a different
perspective so that her hand could be clearly seen on the door handle,
was cut when she walked through the door. The last cut was to when the
person was exiting the door (the perspective change yet again to the
hallway) and she began to turn in the direction she was walking in.
Whilst using three shots, we have ensured a continuous stream of
action.

6. Other shots in this scene also showed the person walking down the
corridor and taking her phone out. This was slightly more difficult to do
because we had to make sure that the different shots match up as a
continuous scene ie: making sure the person got her phone out at
exactly the same time in each scene, which would also have to line up
with the door closing. The shot that showed the person walking out of
the room precedes the shot where the person takes her phone out. This
means that whilst she is taking her phone out, the door (which is in
shot) must be seen to close instead of it already being closed. The shot
of her walking out of the door must also show her reaching into her
back pocket to retrieve her phone. Finally, the last shot shows her
walking around the corner.