What is this cinematic story telling technique called?
When actors are in a scene, as their time comes to an end in that scene/location, they will discuss action that needs to happen at another location.
The next scene is rarely what the actors were discussing. Most usually this next scene will play out with different actors in another storyline. If the first scene is particularly compelling, the storyline of the first scene will usually continue after this second scene.
Is there a name for this technique? 'Alternating storylines' for lack of a better term. I figured it might be something that gets taught in film school. Taught in Suspense 101, maybe.
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Cross-cutting sounds like what you are talking about:
Cross-cutting is an editing technique most often used in films to establish action occurring at the same time, and often in the same place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-cutting
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What are storytelling techniques in film?
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What is the storytelling technique?
To do this, storytellers tie together character and plot, resulting in stories that act as metaphors for the human experience. In other words, storytellers don't just relay facts: they use words in a way that the reader or listener can sit inside the story itself as though they were really there.What are film techniques called?
Extreme long shot. Bird's eye shot. Long shot. Medium shot.What is an example of cinematic techniques?
Tilt is a cinematography technique when the camera is moving vertically up and down from a fixed position within a scene. The shot switches the attention of the viewer from one area to another or can be used to slowly reveal something when the camera moves down.Visual Storytelling — Cinematography Techniques from Newton Thomas Sigel (Drive, Bohemian Rhapsody)
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