<p>These are consecutive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_cut" rel="noreferrer">axial cuts</a>.</p>

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  <p>Axial cuts are used rarely in contemporary cinema, but were fairly
  common in the cinema of the 1910s and 1920s.</p>
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<p>Let me illustrate what I mean with a GIF:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/bg0YV.gif" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/bg0YV.gif" alt="Naoi believes wings for the president is fitting"></a></p>

<p>Usually, the scenes between the three or four consecutive shots don't differ much except the zoom-ins (or whatever shots are used).</p>

<p>A variation of this technique was <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/462jjd/anime_direction_and_overdirection_panning_shots/d027y09/" rel="noreferrer">termed</a> the "threepeat tilt up" by a redditor, but is that the correct technical term for this kind of shots? Would the above GIF be called a "fourpeat zoom in"?</p>

<p>Also, was this technique borrowed from the film industry, or was it invented in anime?</p>

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I wonder if it's done for dramatic or comedic effect.  I can't think of any anime-unique scenarios in which this is done, but it does have similarities to the zoom effects we've seen in film.
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What is the technical term for the "consecutive, discrete zoom-in shots" and what is its origin?
# What is the technical term for the "consecutive, discrete zoom-in shots" and what is its origin?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-10-15
Let me illustrate what I mean with a GIF:

[![Naoi believes wings for the president is fitting](https://i.sstatic.net/bg0YV.gif)](https://i.sstatic.net/bg0YV.gif)

Usually, the scenes between the three or four consecutive shots don't differ much except the zoom-ins (or whatever shots are used).

A variation of this technique was [termed](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/462jjd/anime_direction_and_overdirection_panning_shots/d027y09/) the "threepeat tilt up" by a redditor, but is that the correct technical term for this kind of shots? Would the above GIF be called a "fourpeat zoom in"?

Also, was this technique borrowed from the film industry, or was it invented in anime?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I wonder if it's done for dramatic or comedic effect.  I can't think of any anime-unique scenarios in which this is done, but it does have similarities to the zoom effects we've seen in film.  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-11-10. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
These are consecutive [axial cuts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_cut).

> Axial cuts are used rarely in contemporary cinema, but were fairly
> common in the cinema of the 1910s and 1920s.
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