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A companion book to this site is Setting Up Your Shots: Great Camera Moves Every Filmmaker Should Know. The page numbers noted below refer to this book.

Match Cut
Description: Combining two shots of differing angle and composition so that the action continues from one to the other in the same time and place. Pg. 81.
Purposes: Show seamless progression of action, focus on detail of action, provide a different view enhancing three- dimentionality, add energy and increase pacing.

Jump Cut
Description: Combining two shots that are similar so that the subject jumps from one part of the screen to another. Pg. 80.
Purposes: Attraction attention, speed up time.

Cutaway
Description: Shows object, close up detail or person observing action. Subject is not seen in shots edited before or after cutaway. Pg. 85.
Purposes: Cover jump cuts, provide reaction of others to main action, focus attention on object or prop.

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