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[[caption-width-right:350: [[https://youtu.be/6Jz0jvFikWY?t=26s He came straight over]]. [[NotHyperbole Literally]].]]

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* While most of the [[SceneTransition scene transitions]] in ''Film/{{Birdman}}'' are essentially [[TimeSkip time skips]], one transition is from Riggan watching the news on Sam's phone at the theater, which seamlessly transitions to the same report playing on a [=TV=] at the bar, where he's now talking to Tabitha.

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*** [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] when the camera frequently pans between Bobby pulling his teeth and Gibson raiding the asylum where Bobby's game is taking place.
*** It also happens when Gibson finds the back room of the garage, which then pans to Bobby finally reaching Joyce.

*** And that scene also ends this way, with the camera panning over the message left for Matthews, over a beam, and then down into the precinct, where Kerry is analyzing Jigsaw's tape.

* SeamlessScenery: There are so ''many'' examples of this in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' series, mostly in the films Darren Lynn Bousman directed.

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise has so ''many'' examples, mostly in the films Darren Lynn Bousman directed, but the best example would be ''Film/SawII'', where Eric Matthews walks out of his bedroom... and right into the crime scene where the opening trap took place (pictured above).
** And that scene also ends this way, with the camera panning over [[spoiler:the message left for Matthews]], over a beam, and then down into the precinct, where Kerry is analyzing Jigsaw's tape.
** After Xavier discovers [[spoiler:the number on the back of Gus' neck]]. The camera pans from that... to Daniel and Amanda running down a hallway, as if the floor was part of the wall they're running past.
** In ''Film/SawIII'', the camera follows Troy's corpse before panning to a rug in Kerry's apartment.
*** And after [[spoiler:Kerry is killed in a trap]], the camera pans from that to Lynn's bedroom.
*** In another scene, Amanda walks through the factory floor, passing the crate Jeff is trapped in... which is actually [[spoiler:in another part of the building]].
** In ''Film/SawIV'', Rigg literally throws Brenda [[DestinationDefenestration through a mirror]] and into the next scene.

** Surprisingly enough, happens throughout ''Film/Saw3D'' as well, most extensively when the camera frequently pans between Bobby pulling his teeth, and Gibson raiding the asylum where the game is taking place.
*** It also happens when Gibson finds the back room of the garage, which then pans to [[spoiler:Bobby finally reaching Joyce]].

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise has so ''many'' examples, mostly in the films Darren Lynn Bousman directed, but the best example would be ''Film/SawII'', where Eric Matthews walks out of his bedroom... and right into the crime scene where the opening trap took place (as pictured above).

*** And after [[spoiler:Kerry is killed in a trap]], the camera pans from that to... Lynn's bedroom.

*** It also happens when Gibson finds the back room of the garage, which then pans to Bobby finally reaching Joyce.

** In ''Film/SawIII'', the camera follows [[{{Gorn}} Troy's body]] before panning to a rug in Kerry's apartment.

** In ''Film/SawIV'', Rigg literally throws the scalping victim [[DestinationDefenestration through a mirror]] and into the next scene.
*** In another scene, Hoffman turns to leave the precinct... and then Rigg walks right past him, putting a shirt on, which leads into the next scene.

* ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'': So ''many'' examples, mostly in the films Darren Lynn Bousman directed, but the best example would be ''Film/SawII'', where Det. Matthews walks out of his bedroom... and right into the crime scene where the opening trap took place (shown above).
** And that scene also ends this way, with the camera panning over [[spoiler: the message left for Matthews]], over a beam, and then down into the precinct, where Kerry is analyzing Jigsaw's tape.
** After Xavier discovers [[spoiler: the number on the back of Gus' neck.]] The camera pans from that... to Daniel and Amanda running down a hallway, as if the floor was part of the wall they're running past.
** In ''Film/SawIV''. Rigg literally throws the scalping victim [[DestinationDefenestration through a mirror]] and into the next scene.

*** And after [[spoiler: Kerry is killed in a trap]], the camera pans from that to... Lynn's bedroom.
*** In another scene, Amanda walks through the factory floor, passing the crate Jeff is trapped in... which is actually [[spoiler: in another part of the building]].

* ''Series/JessicaJones''. At the start of "AKA Pork Chop", the camera pans from [[spoiler: Alisa in prison]] to Trish auditioning for a TV show.

* In ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal In Belgravia]]", the scene transitions fluidly from Irene Adler's apartment to some remote outdoor location as part of Sherlock's recap of how the crime was committed. Watch the scene [[https://youtu.be/MZ6OpGGnjkM?t=5 here]].

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While it can be used as a form of SequencingDeception, SeamlessScenery is usually, by nature, very noticeable.

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* Used frequently in ''Series/TheCloser'' and its spin-off, ''Series/MajorCrimes''.
** One particularly extensive example is "Risk Assessment", where this is used to move between suspects in three separate interviews.

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* The "[[Creator/AnnaAkana Intervention]]" video is ''full'' of this.

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* A lot of the [[TimeSkip time skips]] in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKXIKzH38_Y When I've Wanted To Die]]'' work this way, with Anna's actions lining up perfectly between different scenes.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic:" The episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony "Elements of Harmony"]] uses this to transport the main characters all the way across Ponyville in the middle of a line of dialogue.
-->''[The main six are inside the library.]''
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' ''[reading aloud from a book]'' It is said, the last known location of the five elements was in the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters. It is located in what is now--
-->''[WhipPan. Everyone is now standing on the edge of a dark forest.]''
-->'''Everypony simultaneously:''' The Everfree Forest!

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* This happens a few times across ''VideoGame/ArkhamAsylum,'' with batman getting poisoned and having vivid hallucinations. In ''Asylum'', a seemingly normal corridor gradually warps into a dirty alley way in a thunderstorm.

* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight,'' one of Batman's toxin-induced flashbacks ends when he reads some writing on Barbara Gordon's living room, only for the player to turn Batman around and find him in his Clocktower Batcave.