The biggest challenge of a video editor is to make the editing unnoticeable. Cut in action (also known as matching on action) is one editing technique that will help you to do that. In this lesson, I will teach you everything you need to know about cutting on action from the shooting stage and the editing.
What is Cutting on the action?
Wikipedia’s
definition of cut in action is a “video editing technique where the
editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot’s
action”. It means you change the angle of the camera in the middle of
the action of the lead character. The technique helps the video editor
to make the cut more smooth and unnoticeable. Some times this type of
cut will even help you to hide continuity problems that were made during
shooting, Cutting on the action
also helps to draw the audience into the story. For example, you can
have a character typing on the computer, and while he types, we cut to
his fingers. this type of cut can make the scene more intense like you
can see in this cutting on action example
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