1. 180 rules and Continuity editingBy: Destinee and
Reginald
2. 180 degree rule The rule states the camera(s) should remain
the Same side of an imaginary line. The line Is drawn perpendicular
to the cameras viewpoint in the establishing shot of the film. The
rule enforces continuity of the film
3. Never break the rule. The rule should never be broken, the
only defence for breaking the rule is for special effects. Breaking
the rule will confuse the audience, especially in scenes of chase,
conversation or sport.Results of breaking the rule Confusion of
audience Audience lose focus Become disorientated Miss vital parts
of the film
4. CONTIUITY EDITING Continuity editing is the predominant
style of film editing and video editing in the postproduction
process of filmmaking of narrative films and television programs.
The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent
discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical
coherence between shots. In most films, logical coherence is
achieved by cutting to continuity, which emphasizes smooth
transition of time and space.
5. Common techniques of continuity editing Continuity editing
can be divided into two categories: temporal continuity and
spatialcontinuity. An ellipsis: is an apparent break in natural
time continuity as it is implied in the film's story Diegetic
sound: is that which is to have actually occurred within the story
during the action being viewed. It is sound that comes from within
the narrative world of a film (including off-screen sound).
Continuous diegetic sound helps to smooth temporally questionable
cuts by overlapping the shotsMatch on action: technique can
preserve temporal continuity where there is a uniform, unrepeated
physical motion or change within a passage. A match on action is
when some action occurring before the temporally questionable cut
is picked up where the cut left it by the shot immediately
following. For example, a shot of someone tossing a ball can be
edited to show two different views, while maintaining temporal
continuity by being sure that the second shot shows the arm of the
subject in the same stage of its motion as it was left when cutting
from the first shot.
6. The establishing shot is one that provides a view of all the
space in which the action is occurring. Its theory is that it is
difficult for a viewer to become disoriented when all the story
space is presented before him. The establishing shot can be used at
any time as a re-establishing shot. This might be necessary when a
complex sequence of cuts may have served to disorient the viewer.
One way of preventing viewer disorientation in editing is to adhere
to the 180 degree rule.