Cheat cut
Watch as an animation →Join two cuts as if they were continuous time and space, even though the positions of the people or props don't actually match. A good-looking composition and dramatic flow come before accurate space.
In a dialogue scene, to match two characters' heights and distance so the frame looks good. Or to join cuts shot in different places as if they were one space.
In AI clips, the position or number of background props shifts a little from cut to cut. Viewers' eyes mostly go to faces and moving subjects, so if the position and direction of faces, hands and products connect, you can leave the small differences around them. Regenerate only the cuts where the thing the eye follows is off, and save credits.
Two-shot sequence: Shot 1, wide shot of two friends talking across a cafe table with a plant and a coat rack behind them, 3 seconds; cheat cut to Shot 2, closer over-the-shoulder view where the plant and coat rack have moved slightly but the faces, hands and cup sit exactly where they were, 3 seconds.
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) — The wall behind the telephone disappears in the next cut, showing the family at the dinner table from an angle a real room could not allow (Yale Film Analysis)
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