I'm writing a suspense scene where a character has drugs in his trunk and a cop follows him, then ultimately pulls him over.

I have many types of shots and perspectives. (FYI I'm directing this)

-interior 2 shot of the car -insert of the speedometer -insert of the cop in the rearview mirror -c/u of the main character -etc etc

What I've found, is I have no idea how to properly format this. If feels like each shot I switch between, it takes up a new line and more page real estate.

For instance, when I write:

INSERT - REARVIEW MIRROR

The police car still follows, but half the distance.

Brent focuses back on the road. A beat. His eyes dart over to Perry; still asleep. He’s alone.

That last line, isn't a part of the insert but I'm afraid people might read it as such. I also think if I put a new scene heading that's way too much as well. How do you handle popping out of an insert back into the scene so the audience knows?

>Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

Hi! New experimental film fan here. I just wanted to ask if a film exists that cuts together multiple films to create a cohesive dialogue/action?

I watched a snippet of Christian Marclay's "The Clock", a film where he creates a montage of scenes that feature clocks. There was a scene from the 2009 movie "The Taking of Pelham 123" where Walter Garber played by Denzel Washington asked, "what are you staring at?" while looking towards the left side of the screen. This was followed by a scene from the 2004 film Spiderman 2 where Aziz is staring at peter parker towards the right side of the screen. The latter character didn't speak (before cutting to peter), but that was an intriguing moment nonetheless, where the two scenes kind of fit together. The concept of cutting together multiple films and creating a cohesive dialogue and/or action isn't anything complicated or novel, but I was unable to find such a film/video (granted, I did google for like 10 min). That is why I am asking u guys if there are any such films/videos out there that does this, and does this "technique" have a name? Is this a thing in the film world? (I know supercut is a thing, but this isn't cutting together scenes that feature the same theme but instead cutting together scenes so that they make sense)

p.s I'm also kind of a music producer, and I like thinking about sampling (using existing work and creating something new) in different formats such as, in this case, film.

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Any response is appreciated!

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Edit:

Thank you for the responses! Didn't know this was a thing. I have a lot to look into. You guys are awesome!

I ask this because this movie is where it became noticeable. Especially near the end where it was one of the funniest jokes in the movie.

Pick one: Cut to character they’re talking about.

Cut to montage of plan in action as they voice over with fire dialogue.

Cut to something completely different so the audience finds out later.

I just hate it when movies have so many cuts in between scenes mainly the action sequences. I want to be able to follow along and understand the scene more clearly instead of having shaky can or quick cuts. Anyone wanna tell me why movies do that?

https://streamable.com/79j0uw

I'm looking for films that feature scenes where there's a sudden silence, and then one of the characters abruptly attacks someone, fires their weapon, or initiates a fight, causing chaos. Films that surprise you with these kinds of unexpected moments.