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Continuity Editing By Daniel bRUCE Definition: A system of cutting used to maintain continuous and clear narrative action by following a set of rules. The Rules: •Establishing shot •Shot/ reverse shot •180º rule •30º rule •Crosscutting •Match on Action •Eyeline Match The Benefits: • The narrative has structure • The shot sequences flow seamlessly into each other • It’s easy to watch the film!

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Continuity EditingBy Daniel bRUCE

Definition: A system of cutting used to maintain continuous and clear narrative action by following a set of rules.

The Rules:

•Establishing shot

•Shot/ reverse shot

•180º rule

•30º rule

•Crosscutting

•Match on Action

•Eyeline Match

•Re-establishing shot

The Benefits:• The narrative has structure• The shot sequences flow

seamlessly into each other• It’s easy to watch the film!

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Establishing shot

Definition: A long shot or extreme long shot, usually with loose framing, that shows the spatial relations between the important figures, objects and setting in a scene.

From Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960 )Establishing shot taken while filming in my

AS Media studies group.

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Shot / reverse shotDefinition: Two shots edited together

that alternate characters, typically in a conversation situation. Usually

characters in one frame look left, and in the following frame look right.

A shot reverse shot taken while filming in my AS Media studies group.

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180º ruleDefinition: The angle between any two consecutive shots should not exceed 180º, in order to maintain spatial relationships between people and objects in

any given sequence of shots.

Here is a demonstration of the 180° rule, shot while filming in my AS Media studies

group.

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Rules for continuity editing 180 degree ruleThis is a principle which underpins all TV and Film production.

It’s important not to cross the ‘line of vision’ between two characters.

Otherwise the viewer may not be able to make sense of the scene.

The same rule applies to a moving subject: keep to one side of the direction of motion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdyyuqmCW14

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30º ruleThe angle between any two consecutive shots should not be less than 30º, in order to maintain spatial relationships between people and objects in any given sequence of shots. Here is an example of a famous film utilizing this rule. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nonxxwfedIY

Here is a demonstration the 30° rule shot whilst filming in my AS Media studies

group.

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CrosscuttingDefinition: Editing that alternates

between shots occurring simultaneously in two or more

different location. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GQkUxdDD-8

Match on ActionDefinition: A cut between two shots that

places two different framings of the same action next to each other, making it seem to

continue uninterrupted.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgutDMPIMU

Here is a piece of cross cutting edited after filming with my AS Media studies group

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Eyeline Match

Definition: A cut between two shots, in which the first shot shows a person looking off in one direction, and the second shot shows either a space containing what he or she sees, or a person looking back in exactly the opposite direction.

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Re-establishing shot

Definition: A shot that returns to a view of a space or location after a series of close-ups.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paMomNyRUVE

Re-Establishing shot taken while filming in my AS Media studies group.