cross-cutting

         Cross-cutting in films is a technique used to establish action that is occurring at the same time in two different locations. The camera cuts from one action sequence to another. One film that displays this is Inception directed and written by Christopher Nolan. In this film there in a sort of alternate universe. While the charatcers bodies are in a van that is being driven down the highway and being shot at by two men on motorcycles, the camera then cuts to the other universe where the characters are engaging in a shoot out. This continues for a few minutes making the scene one of the more intense of the film.