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What is a pre-lap? The pre-lap is an editing technique that introduced audience to sounds from a scene before we cut to it, thus creating a sense of cohesion and narrative flow. It is an editing technique used by countless film-makers, but is rarely noticed, let alone analysed. This video essay breaks down the pre-lap as an editing tool, and shows how this simple technique can be used in a surprising variety of different ways – creating humour and tension, emphasising themes, progressing the story and developing characters.

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Also, check out the Art of the Cut podcast, extracts of which I have used in this video for The Batman: https://anchor.fm/frameio-insider/epi...