Cutting from a person looking to what they see, with consistent gaze direction.
An eyeline match cuts from a character's look to the object of their gaze, keeping the directions consistent so the connection reads naturally. It is a core continuity convention that makes space feel coherent. Breaking it confuses who is looking at what.
Continuity editing is the dominant Hollywood system that stitches shots together so smoothly the audience never notices the cut.
Understand the invisible grammar of screen direction and you will never lose your audience in space again.
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