User:Canterbury Tail/Texas Switch

The Texas switch, also known as the cowboy switch, is a filmmaking technique that involves the 'invisible' switching an actor and a stunt double while the camera is rolling without using special effects. This allows the filmmaker to do a switch between the actor and a stuntman without having to make a cut and breaking up the flow of a scene. The switch is generally performed by having the actor or stuntman disappear off the edge of the frame, and then have their replacement, who was pre-positioned and waiting off frame, come in to continue the shot.