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After watching the two seasons of The Bear, I realized how powerful of is the editing of this TV show.

Sometimes, simple cuts between shots can transport you to so many places. Editors Joanna Naugle, Adam Epstein, Nia Imani, and Megan Mancini create something unique in every episode. Metaphorically speaking, we can visualize food for thought thanks to them and the creative team of The Bear. Those moments of contemplation when a chef or anyone involved in the kitchen, the audience can dig inside their head and feel the emotions that go from the chaos of the kitchen to the creation of a delicious dish.

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A match cut is a cut between two clips that consistently share one or more qualities of action, composition, content, or subject matter. The adjacent juxtaposition of two clips with shared traits builds a stronger story, whether it is narrative or thematic in nature. A match cut ties those two clips together by placing an edit between the clips at a point in which the shared quality is aligned between the two. This signals to the audience the significance and intention of the shared quality for its narrative purpose in the sequence. It binds together the two clips. —  Chris Ace Gates.

The match cut could work like a snap in the face for audiences focusing on a scene or a moment that suddenly takes you out of there.

In the Disney+ show Andor, one of the episodes highlights the connection between the same characters, in different period of time. This allow the audience to see the characters journey and how moments can interconnect.

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Paul Rogers is the editor of the successful and fantastic film Everything Everywhere All at Once. I have to say that the editing work in this movie is bonkers!

I can spend several posts in this blog talking about the amount of transition used and how it was repurposed to tell the story, from match cuts, speed effects, split-screen effects, zoom, and invisible effects with strobe lights. Rogers craftsman is outstanding. 

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Recently, I saw the film “Men” and I found a very subtle and stunning transition using the match cut technique. The main actress is just covering her face crying, the way that is built is rather unusual, the editor and director are not matching the whole framing, but rather the action. It's like containing the performer's emotion? The colors change and also the framing.

A match cut is a cut between two clips that consistently share one or more qualities of action, composition, content, or subject matter. The adjacent juxtaposition of two clips with shared traits builds a stronger story, whether it is narrative or thematic in nature. A match cut ties those two clips together by placing an edit between the clips at a point in which the shared quality is aligned between the two. This signals to the audience the significance and intention of the shared quality for its narrative purpose in the sequence. It binds together the two clips. —  Chris Ace Gates

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There is nothing more powerful than a cut in the film. A great example of that is the beautiful editing work of the film The Guilty. Antoine Fuqua remade the movie from the original version made in Denmark, which was also praised for having one character stuck in the 911 control center. 

Jason Ballantine edited the film, working along Foqua to create tension and drama in a single space, turning the footage into a unique juxtaposition of shots with emotions.

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Director Edgar Wright always focus of creating compelling transitions for his movies. The movie Baby Driver is not the exception.

The transitions made by editors Paul Machliss Jonathan Amos created an amazing experience for the spectator, using a mix of match cuts, invisible cuts and combinations of dissolves with match cuts as well.

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A smash cut is a technique in film and other moving picture media where one scene abruptly cuts to another for aesthetic, narrative, or emotional purpose. 

This effect is use to break the rhythm and pace of a scene and this help the audience to leave a big impact on them.

In the film The Big Lebowsky, the technique is use perfectly when Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski enter in a dream sequence.

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A cutaway shot is the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else. It is usually followed by a cut back to the first shot when the cutaway avoids a jump cut.

One of the most unexpected moments in cinema is the ending of the film Seven.

The film tells the story of David Mills (Brad Pitt), a detective who partners with the retiring William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) to track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as a motif in his murders.

Academy Award-nominated editor Richard Francis-Bruce cut the film for director David Fincheris. Th cutaway technique is one of the most shocking films reveals in history.