Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing

          Continuity editing is when the piece of film has been edited so that it looks as though the film hasn’t been cut. Continuity editing is often called ‘invisible’ or ‘smooth’ editing and is the predominant style of editing in narrative cinema and television.

Match On Action

          Match on action is when the camera takes more than one shot to make the film look smooth. For example if someone was walking to open a door then you could have a mid shot of them walking towards the door and then the camera could have a close up on the persons hand opening the door.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laUPi7MPOSQ

180° Rule

          
The 180° rule is a guideline so that when two people are talking to each other it doesn’t look as though they have swapped places when the camera changes. For example the people talking must have a left/right relationship through the camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBPw9C57TuU

Eyeline Match

          Eyeline match is when we see a person looking at the subject and then we see the subject almost the same as they did. For example we could see a person looking at something and then the camera cuts, turns to the ‘something’ and takes a shot, usually a long shot, of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VPMEKCITvs