Match on action- Cutting/transitioning between two events that are similar in action or movement.
The Graduate (Nichols) Match on Action- Benjamin pulls himself up onto an inflatable raft in a swimming pool but when we cut, he lands somewhere else. Clearly highlighting Benjamin’s detached state of mind.
Graphic Match- Links two different scenes together through the use of aesthetically similar elements like shapes, colours, patterns or overall movements.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) Graphic Match- Bone into satellite; jump through time.
Eyeline Match- When the point of view of one or more characters is cut and matched with what they are looking at.
A match cut is an edit in cinematography that uses elements of one scene in the transition to the next scene. The purpose is to create a visual match for different scenes that are not inherently linked, like scenes set in different locations, by having a second shot that — in some way — mirrors the first
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Graphic Match Cuts — shapes, colours, compositions.
during the final scene of “Whiplash” we cut many times, some of these being match cuts on action. An example of this is when Fletcher is lifting his hand up and the protagonist is increasing the tempo of his beat.
In “2001 A Space Odyssey” it features a graphic cut, where there is a scene of a bone being thrown into the air and it cuts to a scene of the outside of the space station.
Editing is a way to compress hours of recorded images into one coherent, natural-looking sequence of shots by deleting, arranging, and splicing and synchronizing the sound record with the film, etc.
