Match cut: end on the round lid filling the centre of the frame, start the next shot on the round table seen from above at the same size and position.

Match cut

Two different things read as one, because shape, position and movement line up across the cut.

Use when: Before and after, old way and new way, one product in two states.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: match cut: end on the round lid filling the centre of the frame, start the next shot on the round table seen from above at the same size and position

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Watch out

For a true match cut the same element sits at the same position and scale at the end of one shot and at the start of the next.practitioner: Director Chair field notes on motion graphics
The short-form version is the same framing with different content: lock the camera and change only the subject.practitioner: The Director Chair script structure notes