Continuity Editing

Aloha!

Today I learned some new terms within the topic of continuity editing.

The first one is called continuity editing  - 

This is the predominant style of film editing and video editing in the post-production process of film making of narrative films and TV shows.

This makes the video seem almost natural and everything flows. 

Secondly, there is a continuity editing called match on action - 

Cutting on action or matching on action refers to a film editing and video editing techniques where the editor cute from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action. 

An example would be a man walking up to a door and reaching for the knob. 

Next, is shot/reverse shot - 

This is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off screen) and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. 

As shown on the right, there is a little explanation on shot/reverse shot and the images provided will help understand that this term of continuity editing is used very frequently. 


Lastly, I learnt about the 180 degree rule - 

With this rule, people are able to understand where everything in the scene is. So, the director films a scene, using separate shots. 

As you can see on the photo on the left, scenes that are shot will only make sense if they are within a an angle of 180 degrees.