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Filmikunsti terminibaas Filmterm

ID 453982 Last modified 13.09.2019
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Domain editingtransitions
  • a type of transition indicating graphical similarity in the shots that are cut together (FILMTERM).
  • A transitional technique, a cut in film editing between with either two different objects, two different spaces or two different compositions in which objects in the two shots graphically match. A match cut often helps to establish a strong continuity of action by linking two shots metaphorically. (Griffiths, 2015) In the screenplay always typed in capital letters, as MATCH CUT TO:
match cut (to)
Usage examples
  • In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick uses a match but after an ape discovers that bones can be used as tools and weapons. The ape triumphantly throws one into the air and, as it spins, there is a match cut to an orbiting nuclear weapons satellite. The match cut helps draw a connection between the two objects as weapons, and exemplifies humanity's technological advancement. (Griffiths, 2015)

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