Match on Action

Match on Action is form of continuity editing, it is cutting to shot then cutting to another shot to build up the action. Match on Action is used to get the audience attentions and it also creates drama and excitement. D.W. Griffiths stared to investigate the  match on action 180 degree rule  and found out some interesting fact on where to place the camera so it does not break the 180 degree rule. it develop by directors trying and finally go it right. Till this day on wards directors have been using match on action and the 180 degree rules sign of continuity editing.  match on action is mainstream due to the fact he flows under continuity 

The purpose why film makers use these techniques because it manipulating time and space, by this they are breaking the continuity. These develop and produce in America and use in most of his films. [1]Match on Action is an editing technique used in continuity editing that cuts two alternate views of the same action together at the same moment in the move in order to make it seem uninterrupted. This allows the same action to be seen from multiple angles without breaking its continuous nature.

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[1] http://collegefilmandmediastudies.com/editing/

Match on action is an editing technique which shows continuity shots  for example one shot can be a mid shot of girl looking at her car then another shot of  her opening in her car the another getting in her car and driving off panicking. by this is could cause tension. 

Here is video on match on action and 180 degree rule: 

these is another example on match on action from Rocky 3 when at the final fight when series of shot are put together to capture the action but follow the 180 degree rule by this it keeps the fight realistic. but using close up of their face to keep the action.