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In film, parallel action cuts between two or more storylines happening at the same time — building tension by showing the scene unfold from multiple locations at once. But on set, the director shoots one location at a time, then the editor weaves the cross-cut together. Watch the scene below, then re-arrange the shots into the order they were filmed.
Below are 20 shots from the Langley vault sequence in Mission: Impossible (1996), cut between four locations to build tension in parallel. On set, the director shot all of one location, then moved to the next. Drag the shots into the order they were filmed — group each location's shots together, in time order.
Mission: Impossible (1996) · Dir. Brian De Palma · 20 Shots · 4 Locations
Each location's shots should sit together, in time order. Here's how each thread held up: