Video production and editing has got to be one of the only fields in which cheating is not only accepted, it’s absolutely encouraged. Everything from flipped images to stunt butts, all designed to create the illusion of continuity. If you keep quiet about it, the audience will never know.

One of mine:

I have, on more than one occasion, created an entire scene out of thin air by simply combining long shots of characters with dialog from other scenes. I simply use the long shot where you can’t see the person’s lips move, and overlay the dialog from another scene as V.O. No one has ever caught on that it wasn’t planned that way.

But much like a magician who’s secretly dying to tell people how he did it, if you don’t let your colleagues know some of your best cheats, you won’t get the accolades you so richly deserve. So we’re all friends here, add a comment to tell us about one of your best cheats.