motivation

Motivation 

In mainstream cinema, especially west, editorial motivation supports continuity.

A “motivated” edit refers to cuts that are motivated by some purpose (story, character, emotion and suspense.)

A motive is a reason for doing something. 

With motivated editing something that occurs in a shot, will be the reason for picking shot B, for the first shot provides the motive for the next shot. 

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The motivation can be a variety of reasons:
·         Flashbacks
·         Exposition
·         To see something that a character is seeing 
·         To show who is talking in a conversation