Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing is the consistent flow of scene edits creating a smooth and flowing narrative action.
The way in which a scene is arranged can greatly change the narrative action.
For example :

1 - a car explosion
2 - car is on fire
3 - people jump out of the car

If the above scenes are ordered in a different way, the whole feel of the story changes.
 1 - 2 - 3
 2 - 3 - 1
 3 - 1 - 2

There are more ways in which the above 3 sections could be arranged to change the narrative of the story.
With big time production companies like Warner Bros. with hundreds of clips from a scene the narrative of continuity editing there is an endless possibility of story lines that could come into the film.