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Watch: In the wide shot, a hand reaches for the door handle; halfway through, it cuts to a close-up of the handle and the hand carries on and pulls the door open. The cut hides inside the action, and the audience just sees one continuous door opening.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Video · Transition

Cut on Action动作剪辑

Cut to another angle in the middle of an action, and finish the action in the next shot, so the audience can't see the cut.

Category: Transition
Group: Basics
Medium: Video
Library: 067 / 166

Want to merge it with other techniques (shot size, lighting, style…) into one full prompt? Click “Add to combo”, then pick one from each of the other terms.

Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

Opening a door, sitting down, turning, throwing a punch; joining two AI shots seamlessly.

Prompt template

shot 1, wide, the character reaches for the door handle, ending mid-motion; shot 2, close-up on the handle as the hand continues to pull the door open. Hand, sleeve, and lighting match across both shots.

Sample prompt · generate a video directly

The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.

Shot one, wide shot, late at night: a woman stands at her apartment door, takes a deep breath and reaches for the handle, ending halfway through the movement, 3 seconds. Shot two, close-up of the door handle: the same hand, wearing a silver bracelet, presses the handle down and the door slowly opens, warm light spilling through the gap, 2 seconds. The bracelet, cuff and light match across both shots.

Common pitfalls

The second shot starts the action from the beginning and repeats it.
Clothes or hand positions don't match between the two shots.

Parameter tips

Cut on the fastest frame of the action; write the second shot starting from the middle of the action.