Infilm, aninsert is a shot of part of ascene as filmed from a different angle and/or focal length from themaster shot. Inserts cover action already covered in the master shot, but emphasize a different aspect of that action due to the different framing. An insert differs from acutaway as cutaways cover actionnot covered in the master shot.[1][2][3][4]
There are more exact terms to use when the new, inserted shot is another view of actors:close-up,head shot, knee shot,two shot. So the term "insert" is often confined to views of objects—and body parts, other than the head. Often inserts of this sort are done separately from the main action, by a second-unit director using stand-ins.
Inserts andcutaways can both be vexatious for directors, as care must be taken to preservecontinuity by keeping the objects in the same relative position as in the main take, and having the lighting be the same.
The 1975 movieInserts directed byJohn Byrum about apornographic film production, which starredRichard Dreyfuss and was originally released with anX rating, took its name from the double meaning that "insert" both refers to this film technique[5] (often used in pornographic filmmaking) and to sexual intercourse.
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