Continuity Editing

Establishing Shot - City Skyline

These are the common features of continuity editing:

Establishing Shot: Typically used at the beginning of a film or sequence to ensure that the audience knows where and when the action takes place. Examples - buildings, landscape or a city skyline.  

Shot Reverse Shot: Commonly used during conversation, it makes sure that we the audience can see how both people in the conversation respond and deliver specific pieces of information. We use this particular shot in our preliminary task.

180 Degree Rule Diagram

180 Degree Rule: Ensures that the audience can understand the scene in terms of  where things are within filmic space. Example: 2 characters should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. However, if you cross the line, the new shot from the opposite side is knows as a reverse angle. If the editor chooses to break this rule by choice, it is to create confusion and disorientation.