Continuity editing is the technique of filming a character moving to and from several locations whilst making it look natural and continuous. This is achieved by placing filmed clips together and editing them together to produce a smooth journey without jumping or pauses.
Match on action is a technique which can preserve temporal continuity where there is a uniform, unrepeated physical motion or change within a clip. This is used to show one scene but from different view points whilst maintaining smooth action.
Time compression is a technique where instead of the camera following the character (which would make the fact they're being filmed obvious) the character follows the camera. This technique is used to save time and make what would otherwise be a long clip into a short journey. The shorter the journey, the more fast paced it seems, which is a good effect for a character who is rushing. This is the most common form of continuity editing whereby the character's journey is filmed from different view points while maintaining smooth action to look natural and realistic. Here is a video containing both these continuity techniques:
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