Task Seven – Understanding Continuity Editing

Continuity editing is the more popular "Classic Hollywood" version of editing. Also you can find this style films such as "The Birth of a Nation", this was by D.W Griffith. The reasons why editors might use it is because it advances the narration. Furthermore it uses a range of techniques such as Match on Action, Eye-line  Match, Shot Reverse Shot and180 degree rule.


Match on Action;
                          The purpose is to link two shots together, the director would use this because 
the actor would start a action from camera angle then it would cut to another angle showing us the complete action. This technique creates a sense of realism but if it wasn't use it wouldn't seem as natural as it would.  
   

Eye-Line match;
                         Just like Match on Action it is used to link two shots together. The director would use this because it would give a point of view of what the actor is looking at where as if the director didn't use this, we would have the actor looking at something that we cannot see.


Shot Reverse Shot;
                              This used used to link two shots together. The first shot is to show the first actor then the second shot is to show the second actor in the next shot. What this does is that it links the too actors together, allowing the audience to be able to connect the actors.


180 degree rule;
                          This is use to keep the actors on the left and right side. The director would use this to show a left and right relationship between the actors. If the director wasn't to use this it would be know as crossing the line, would this would do it will show us that the actors have flip sides.