Post 3

Continuity

Section A

What is Continuity (Editing)?

Continuity editing is where everything is filmed so that the viewer thinks they are seeing a continuous action. As well as following this, you will need to ensure that characters appearance and the set and the lighting remain consistent from shot to shot.

180 degree rule or crossing the line

It’s important not to cross the ‘line of vision’ between two characters, unless the viewer actually sees the viewpoint move across the line. Otherwise the viewer may not be able to make sense of the scene. The same rule applies to a moving subject: keep to one side of the direction of motion.

Shot/Reverse shot
 
If you’re shooting two characters talking to each other, here’s how to do it.

• Film it once with a ‘master shot’, which shows both characters
• Film it again with the camera in closeup on one character
• Film it again with the camera in closeup on the second character.
• Film individual shots of each character in ‘big closeup’ when you need to show strong emotion.
• You can also include other shots, such as mid shots, if you need them.

You can film an interview in the same way with just one camera:

• Film the interviewee, while your ‘production assistant’ make notes of the questions
• Then film the interviewer asking the questions and nodding occasionally

Match-on-action

A match on action, a technique used in film editing, is a cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment in the movement. By carefully matching the movement across the two shots, filmmakers make it seem that the motion continues uninterrupted. For a real match on action, the action should begin in the first shot and end in the second shot.

Section B

These are examples of these rules with the photographs I have taken

180 degree rule

Match on Action