Continuity, Speed and Style Editing

Continuity Editing is where you are using this system of cutting to maintain clear and continuoius narrative action by following a set of rules.

Continuity editing is reliable as it allows the audience to watch the film effectively and clearly, making it easy to watch the film.

The benefits include:

Easy to watch

Structured narrative

Easy and clear shot sequence

The Rules:

180 degree rule

Establishing shot

Shot/reverse shot

30 degree role

Crosscutting

Match on eye action

Eyeline Match

Re-establishing Shot

Re-establishing shot: This is a shot that is taken straight after an establishing or close up, to establish (re) what the audience is focusing on. 

Establishing shot: This shows the innital relationship between a person, scene, location prop etc.

 Shot/reverse shot: Mainly used to show conversation netween two characters, described almost like watching a tennis mathc, back and forth, back and forth.

30 degree  rule: The two shots should be no less than 30 degrees, this is to show the spatial relationship in the given setting/location.

 Crosscutting: A scene that transfers to another scene, through use of camera/video shot

180 degree rule: To make sure that only 180 degrees of the room is shown, breaking this will reak the 180 degree rule and could potentially reveal setting over 180 degrees that will not fit into the footage and potentially confuse the audience, as idf everything looks mirrored.

Match on action: Used ot mae the scene 'flow', it is where the camera shot may change slightly but the scene will still flow effectively, almost invisible or called that, as it is rarely noticed by the audience at the given times.

Eyeline match:Where for example you have a close up of somebody's eyes watching something, then the camera reveals the shot of what that person is looking at, to suggest to the audience this is vital to the film or it is what the character is looking at.

Speed of editing is where the scene for scene matches the tempo and the emotion of the feeling that that particular scenes are trying to play off