Match on Action

                                    Match on Action

Match on action is a technique of filming used in many sorts of films. It consists of connecting 2 shots together in which a character finishes off an action in the second shot that was started in the first one, for example a clip of a character walking through a door in which he opens the door from one side then the clip cuts to him walking through from the other side.

Match on action also consist of lots of camera angles to help develop the story; going back to the door scene the first shot would be the character about to open the door shortly followed by a close up of the door knob being turned by the characters hand then a shot of the character entering the new room on the other side of the door keeping that continuity but from a different location or angle.