Invisible / Hidden cut

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In plain words

Hides where the cut happens so several clips look like one take.

When to use it

Long-take-style ads that follow a space without a break.

Example videos

Movie Breakdown | The Hidden Cuts of: 1917 — Explainer: See where 1917 hides its cuts so the film looks like a single take.
Cuts & Transitions 101 — Explainer: See how to hide a cut behind a dark object or a movement.
How to Hide a Cut in an AI Videos — AI: See how to hide cuts between AI clips with movement, foreground, and sound.
Dom the AI Tutor — The Invisible Cut chapter — AI

In AI video, like this

Write the last 0.5 seconds of A as "the camera passes a dark pillar or someone's back, and the frame is blocked" and the first 0.5 seconds of B as "emerging from behind the same object, revealing a new space". Cut at the most blocked frame, and if needed cover it with a 3 to 6 frame xfade.

One-click prompt

Two-shot sequence: Shot 1, the camera tracks a girl walking down a bright corridor and passes behind a dark stone pillar that fills the whole frame in the last half second; Shot 2 starts on the same dark pillar filling the frame, then slides away to reveal her in a sunlit courtyard, same walking pace, 3 seconds each.

See it in real films and ads

HarrisonTheEditor — The Hidden Cuts of: 1917

AI-made examples

Dom the AI Tutor — The Invisible Cut chapter

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Techniques that pair well

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