Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing

Continuity editing retains a sense of realistic chronology and generates the feeling that time is moving forward, it may also use flash-backs or flash-forwards but the narrative will still be seen to be progressing forward in an expected or realistic way. 

                                             

Eye-line Match

-> We see a character looking at something off screen and then we cut to a shot of what they are looking at.

Match-on-Action

-> We see a character start an action in one shot and then see them continue the action in the next shot.

Graphic Match

-> When two shots are linked with a similar shape or composition of an image.

-> The film maker can choose to place shots in a certain order so as to create a smooth visual transfer from one frame to the next. 

-> When two consecutive shots are matched in terms of the way they look is called a graphic match.

180 Degree Rule

-> The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that two or more characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.

-> If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line.

Shot/Reverse Shot

-> Shot/reverse shot is used to show conversations/arguments.