Task Five: Continutiy editing
Continuity editing is when you follow basic rules in editing, it has a range of techniques. You can see continutiy editing in film/televison/genre. Continuity editing became really popular in early hollywoody, known as 'classical hollywood' style of editing of development by early Euro and USA, directors in particuar D.W. Griffith in his films such as The Birth of a Nation and intoleranc. the classical style ensures tempord and spatial continuity as a way of advancing narrative, using such techniques as the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot, reverse shot.
180 degree rule
The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that show two characters that they should always stay in same left and right link go each other. If the camera passes the 180 degree rule it will look like the two characters switched places, this will then confuse people when they watch the scene. When filming, the camera should always stay on one side of the imaginary line. A professional filmmaker would use this technique because he wants to make the viewer aware of what they talking about, he would not want to make the viewers confused. Filmmakers would also use the 180 degree rule, so that they can generate a sense of situation continuity or non continuity at editing barriers.
Match on Action
This style of continuity editing combines two shots together. We will be able to see a character start an action in one shot, the camera then cuts to a different angel and we see the character complete the action in the second scene. This technique ensures that the action appears to be natural and realistic movement even when the actor may have already performed it twice. A professional filmmaker would use this technique because it 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 individual shots, filmmakers make it feel like the motion continues undisturbed. If a filmmaker does not use this technique when editing a film then we will only see one angel of an action shot.
Eye-line match
The eye-line match is a technique that links two shots together. We first see a character looking at something of the screen and then the scene is cut to shot of what they are looking at. This allows the audience to experience an event in the film just as the character is expecting. So when the character is looking at something they will then show a second shot on what they are looking at so the audience can know. A professional filmmaker would use this technique because it is connecting with the audience, to try and get the audience involved in the film. If a filmmaker does not use this technique when editing a film then the audience could possibly lose concentration on what is going on in the film and they might feel confuse in what the character is looking at.
Shot reverse shot
Shot reverse shot is a technique that links to shots together. The first shot shows one character and then the second shot shows the second character. By doing this will allow the audience to connect to the two characters and realize that the two characters are interacting with each other. A filmmaker would use this technique when editing a film because it gets the audience involved in the plot of the film while the characters are interacting. If a filmmaker does not use this technique they will not be as much shots to see the other character so we wont know if they are interacting with each other.
180 degree rule
The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that show two characters that they should always stay in same left and right link go each other. If the camera passes the 180 degree rule it will look like the two characters switched places, this will then confuse people when they watch the scene. When filming, the camera should always stay on one side of the imaginary line. A professional filmmaker would use this technique because he wants to make the viewer aware of what they talking about, he would not want to make the viewers confused. Filmmakers would also use the 180 degree rule, so that they can generate a sense of situation continuity or non continuity at editing barriers.
Match on Action
This style of continuity editing combines two shots together. We will be able to see a character start an action in one shot, the camera then cuts to a different angel and we see the character complete the action in the second scene. This technique ensures that the action appears to be natural and realistic movement even when the actor may have already performed it twice. A professional filmmaker would use this technique because it 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 individual shots, filmmakers make it feel like the motion continues undisturbed. If a filmmaker does not use this technique when editing a film then we will only see one angel of an action shot.
Eye-line match
The eye-line match is a technique that links two shots together. We first see a character looking at something of the screen and then the scene is cut to shot of what they are looking at. This allows the audience to experience an event in the film just as the character is expecting. So when the character is looking at something they will then show a second shot on what they are looking at so the audience can know. A professional filmmaker would use this technique because it is connecting with the audience, to try and get the audience involved in the film. If a filmmaker does not use this technique when editing a film then the audience could possibly lose concentration on what is going on in the film and they might feel confuse in what the character is looking at.
Shot reverse shot
Shot reverse shot is a technique that links to shots together. The first shot shows one character and then the second shot shows the second character. By doing this will allow the audience to connect to the two characters and realize that the two characters are interacting with each other. A filmmaker would use this technique when editing a film because it gets the audience involved in the plot of the film while the characters are interacting. If a filmmaker does not use this technique they will not be as much shots to see the other character so we wont know if they are interacting with each other.
Excellent Usman! Well done. A very good merit grade task. To achieve the distinction you must now critically assess how you used continuity techniques in your own film.
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