Preliminary Task T2-58

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What is continuity editing?

To show continuity editing, we used three simple rules of cinematography. These are: the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot/reverse shot.

This is the 180 degree rule, where there is only 180 degrees in which a camera can stay, making it so the characters are always on the same side of the screen. It is most frequently used to show conversation.

Match on action is is the term applied to an action jumping across several cuts. For example, someone is shown opening a door handle from the outside of a room. The shot is then carried over to the opposite side of the door where the action is completed and the man walks through the door. In our video, We changed this to walking round a corner instead of walking through a door.

The final rule we had to use was shot/reverse shot. This is usually used with the 180 degree rule in mid conversation, so it can skip from person to person depending on which person is talking. For our video we found it worked well but the conversation was a bit short on each side, so it was quickly changing shot.