Match on action

When there are a number of different shots from the same piece of action the match on action technique is be used. It involves editing shots together so that the action featured appears to be continuous, even though the shots may be shot at different times, shooting different people (stunt actors), or at different camera angles. If it is not edited well enough the sequenece may look jolty and innacurate, for example the subject may be moving in a differnt direction or the lighting may be different. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI82hsBrq8w&feature=related Here is an example in which quite a few sequences happen by match on action, for example the two shots which contribute to the apple being picked up and changing of the apple to the orange. I think they really succeeded in creating continuity; the cut between the knife cutting the apple from a birds eye view to eye level flows well. IIf i had to fault anything it would be the change from the melon to the apple, this is because its obvious the knife is not actually making contact with the melon. This is because the melon's too big though so it could be a critisism for the makers choice in props and not skills in editing.