[Michael d. Dennis]

[Mark Suszko] “They DO “interrupt”, all the time; good editing hides it. Once you have a good track established in the audio, you can lock it off and do all the “L-cuts” and “J-cuts” you want in the picture.

But the movie example of yours is more complicated in that, this was possibly not one take seen from two simultaneous cameras, but several takes, from one camera, done one side at a time. What helps that to work is that pro actors are unbelievably consistent in their timing, and can deliver the lines the same way, take after take, while the camera moves around each time to get a different view of the same scene. That gives the editor multiple versions of both sides of each line, which she or he then lays up to match-cut on the timeline.”

Thank you Mark for the detailed response. I want to achieve that effect using only one camera because i can’t afford multiple cameras yet.

I was thinking of exactly what you described, taking one scene and filming it from both / multiple angles. But that leaves me with multiple audio tracks. I guess that depends of the actors. I am not sure about what or how to edit the audio.

Is there any other way of doing this just with one camera ?

I shall learn about j and l cuts now. Are there any other terms associated with this result i want to achieve? Just to know what should i search. Thanks

[Michael d. Dennis]

Thanks for your reply Todd. But music videos are one thing. How do they do it in movies? I know they record audio and video separately and they use those clapers. But what if a shot is just a second or two long? (action scenes) They still do the clapper thing to sync in post-production for that short time?

I really want to learn these filming techniques. But i’m not sure what to look for.