Monday, 9 September 2013

The Principles of Continuity







Match on action:


  • Is a continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. 
  • It creates the impression if continuity.
  • The action carrying through creates a "visual bridge" which draws the audience's attention away from slight cutting.
  • It portrays a continuous sense of the same action rather than matching two separate things. 
Shot reverse shot:
  • Is a continuity editing technique used in conversations of characters looking at each other or objects.
  • A shot showing what the character is supposedly looking at (either a POV or over the shoulder shot) is followed by a reverse angle shot of the character themselves looking at it, or of the other character looking back at them.
  • Shot reverse shot often ties in with the 180º rule to retain continuity.
The 180º rule


  • It is a guildline that participants in a scene should have the same left-right relationship to each other, with filming only taking place within the 180º angle.
  • This allows the audience to have a greater sense of the location in the scene in terms of what may be off-screen in some shots.

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