Continuity Editing

180 Degree Rule
- Part of achieving continuity
- Have to observe more in the shoot than the edit
- Can disorientate viewer without it
- Shows conversation

Invisible Editing
- Makes action flow smoothly
- Clip uses continuity throughout

Eyeline Match
- First shot is a person looking at something (Shot A)
- 2nd shot we see what they're looking at (Shot B)

Cross Cutting
- Builds tension, 2 story lines are going to combine
- Cuts from one one scene to another scene
- Shows two things happening simultaneously
- Simultaneous narratives

Action Match/Cutting on Motion:
- To create continuity cut on motion
- Looks smooth
- Allows to move from a Close Up to Wide Shot for example
- Matching one shot to another shot
- Action starts in one shot and it's completed in the next

Graphic Match:
- Usually used to draw attention to a theme going on (in a film)
- 2 shots chosen for graphic similarity e.g. Man in the jungle looks up at a cliff, cuts to his wife in a city looking up at a building thats similar to that cliff

Shot Reverse Shot:
- Used during conversations
- From person 1, cuts to person 2 back to person one

Transitions:
- Any time we go from one shot to another is a transition
- Hard Cut - No fading, dissolving etc
- Dissolve - Place one image ontop of another then 1st image dissolves
- Crossfade - Slotting two images/shots together
- Fade In, Fade Out

Jump Cut:
- Jarring edit, takes out a chunk of time
- Series of cuts which create discontinuity
- Usually to show a uncomfortable impatient time
- This cut draws attention to the edit

Montague:
- Shots chosen for thematic relationship
- Often used to show development and to 'crunch' time
- Development of character/time etc

Pace:
- How does the edit effect the mood through the pace of the clip
- Fast/Slow

Priveledge and Marginisation:
- Characters
- Priveledge means more screen time
- Marginilisation means less screen time

Representation of Disability



Secret Diary of a Call Girl

At the beginning of the clip there is an instant eye line match from the boy to the son emphasising the awkwardness of having to pay for whats about to take place, this is also highlighted further of the eye line match from Belle to father to son.

Next we see a match on action when the Dad takes his son from the wheelchair to the bed, this creates a fluid motion.

Then once again there is another eyeline match from Belle to the son, this shows us Belle feeling awkward in this situation.

We then move into a shot reverse shot between Belle and the boy, this emphasises his vulnerablity and establishes the relationship between actions, the locking of the door makes him feel anxious and leaves him feeling isolated without his father.

The overall pace throughout the clip has been slowed down generating a feeling of anxiety, there are long awkward silences and these are shown to make us feel awkward as if we was in the room with them.

The 180 degree rule has been used/observed through the whole scene, and the editing maintains the continuity throughout.

Next, the eye line match of the father looking up to the building from his van shows his feelings of protectiveness and anxiousness for his son.

Then we have the jump cuts of the father in the van, this cuts out chunks of time and is deliberately discontinous once again showing his anxiousness, his on edge for his son, this is highlighted through the editing.

The cross cutting from the van to the bedroom shows us that these actions are taking place simultaenously but different situations from different view points.

The edit is priveledgeing the master shot in the scene of Belle and the boy, her being above him shows his vulnerability once again, she's the more confident one and she's in control.