task 5 continuity editing done

Continuity Editing 

 Continuity is a big part of film making. If you're shooting a short film or interview, it's important to set the scene and establish your characters in space and time in order for the viewer to follow the action. Continuity editing became known as 'classical Hollywood' style of editing. it was developed by an early European and American film directors in particular , in particular D.W Griffin in his film the  birth of a nation and intolerance.
The classical style ensures temporal and spatial continuity as a way of advancing narrative , using such techniques as the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot.
It helps to maintain a sense of realistic chronology and generates the feeling that time is moving forward.
this does not mean one can not use a flashback or flash forwards, as long s the narrative will still be seen to be moving forward in an expected or realistic way.

Key continuity techniques
Eye line match
This technique links two shots together.we see a character looking at something off screen and then we cut to it to show what the character is looking at. This allows the audience to experience an event in the film just as the character is experiencing it.

An example of the eyline match is in kill bill


180 degree rule
The 180 Degree Rule states that two characters in a scene should always have the same left and right relationship to each other. If you don't follow the 180 Degree Rule, or break it intentionally, it disrupts the scene disorients audience. When you break the 180 line, a person who was originally facing left in a scene is all of the sudden facing right.
if the camera passes over the imaginary axis, connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line.
When you shoot a scene with actors imagine a line extending out between them. You can move your camera anywhere along that line, as long as you don't cross over the line to the other side.


Match on action
Match on action is a technique of filming used in many sorts of films. It consists of connecting 2 shots together in which a character finishes off an action in the second shot that was started in the first one, for example a clip of a character walking through a door in which he opens the door being filmed from behind then the clip cuts to him walking through from the other one.
The technique ensures that the action seems like a natural and realistic movement even when the actor may have finally performed it twice.


Shot Reverse Shot
shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at this first character . since the characters are shown facing in the opposite directions the viewers assume that they are looking at each other.

Continuity Editing- Continuity Editing as been really successful 

Summary of our Continuity editing video clip - our continuity editing was a short clip in a  classroom with 2 female actors. The purpose of this clip was to show our understanding the techniques (match on action, eye-line match, shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule) and how effective we could use it.  one of the techniques we use was the match on action (This technique links two shots together). the camera goes to the face of the actor looking up at the clock and looks back down to concentrate on her work. another area where we made use of the match on action was when one of the girls ran from the corner to open door and the camera also catches her as she opens the door to go into the room. This is effective because  the audience want to see the expression on the face of the actor as then get in and the camera catches what the audience expect.
Another technique used was the shot reverse shot where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at this first character. this happens when both actors have back and forth arguments with each other.
The techniques we used during the filming of the short clip were effective because it passes the right messages across.This makes the viewer assume they are looking at each other. and it also carries the audience along as the conversation continues.
The techniques we did not include are the point of view, eye-line, 180 degree rule one of the reason i did not include these were because i found them the most challenging so i went with the once i felt like i could easily work with.