>I believe the common term for this is "sound bridge," and can perhaps be >characterized as the sound equivalent of a lap dissolve. I believe it is also called an "audio lead" edit. brucer Bruce T. Ritchie Video Educator Photographer Writer & Poet http://www.worldpath.net/~brucer1 ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite