One clip shows a boy lifting a heavy box off the floor. The next clip shows the same box resting on a high shelf. What does this edit hide?

A still diagram of the water cycle is turned into an animation. What can the animation show that the still diagram cannot?

A storyboard frame shows a girl pressing a switch. The very next frame shows the room filled with light. What does this joining ask viewers to assume?

An edited sequence keeps switching between a runner on a track and a clock on a wall. What does this joining suggest?

A news video cuts from a speaker to a packed front row. The wider scene, not shown, had rows of empty seats behind it. What does the edit hide?

A short video shows a seed in a pot, then the same pot holding a tall plant. What has the edit removed?

A still drawing shows a bicycle chain wrapped around two gears. The same drawing is animated. What does the animation add?

An animation replays a bursting balloon in slow motion. What does the slower speed let viewers notice?

One shot of a street slowly fades into another shot of the same street at night. What does this joining most likely tell viewers?

A clip shows a teacher speaking to the class, then cuts to a student frowning. What does the edit invite viewers to believe?

A mayor said, "We will build the bridge, but only if the funds arrive." The video is cut after "bridge." What does the edit hide?

A diagram of a river already uses arrows for the current. In an animation, those arrows move at different rates. What does the movement add?

A shot of a spinning coin is joined to a shot of a spinning bicycle wheel. What links these two shots?

An interview is edited so that the speaker's long pauses are removed. What do viewers lose?

A looping animation shows a heart squeezing and filling, again and again. What does the loop show that one still frame cannot?

Joining two shots in a sequence can suggest a cause that the camera never actually recorded.

A storyboard is reordered so the fire alarm frame now comes before the crowded hallway frame. What does the new order change?

An animation shows sound spreading outward from a ringing bell. What does it show that a photograph of the bell cannot?

A time-lapse animation squeezes one whole day of traffic on a highway into ten seconds. What does it reveal?

A still photograph shows a finished paper boat. An animation shows the same sheet being folded into it. What does the animation add?