Continuity Editing:

Continuity Editing Techniques:

 

 

180 Degree Rule - The 180 degree rule is used in film editing and is a guideline regarding the relationship between different characters and other objects within a scene. There is an imaginary line called the axis which connects the characters and keeps the camera on one side of the axis for every shot that is in the scene.

 

180 Degree Rule

 

 

Cross Cutting - Cross cutting is used in films to establish action in different locations. The camera will cut away from one action scene to another. This technique is often used to create suspense.

 

Matching on Action - This is where the editor cuts away from one shot and goes to another of one of the first shots. The shots may not have been shot at the same time but this technique gives the impression of continuous time when we watch the edited film back.

 

Eye line Shot - This is a technique used to show the audience what the character is seeing. The shot begins with the character looking at something off of the screen. There will then be a cut to the object that the character is looking at.

 

Example - A women is looking off screen to her left. The film then cuts to her looking at the TV on the wall.