Preliminary Task - Research - Camera and Editing

Camera Shots and Continuity Editing

Match On Action  

  

Match on action is an editing technique for continuity editing where one shot cuts away to another one and then it portrays the action of the subject in the other one. This then creates continuity and then the action carrying through creates what is called a visual bridge which then takes away the viewers’ attention from things such as slight cutting or any continuity issues. Match on action is used a lot in films, mostly in scenes where people are walking and coming in or out of rooms. For an example in the film ‘Perfume’ in the first scene there is a boy locked in a cell and prisoner guards come in to take him , they are dragging him and we see a close up of his feet as he tries to walk/run 

 180⁰ RULE  

180 degree rule is a filming guideline that takes place in a scene and the rule simply states that when filming two elements, such as people or cars the camera should stay within a 180 degree field and not cross the line. The rule allows the audience to have a much greater sense of location within the scene in terms of what could be off the screen in some of the shots.

SHOT REVERSE.

shot reverse shot is simply a continuity editing technique that is mainly used in scenes when people are having a conversation or looking at each other or objects.  A shot reverse shot mainly consists of a shot of one character looking at another (mainly a point of view shot or over the shoulder) this is then followed by a reverse shot of the character themselves looking at it or the other character looking at them. A shot reverse shot mainly ties in with the 180 degree rule to retain continuity. 

CUT AWAY. 

cut away is a shot that cuts away from a scene where there is action to focus on something else. It can be a useful shot if it is used correctly with logic in mind and it can help the editor of the film in a difficult break in coverage or continuity.

 

 SINGLE CAMERA FILMING.

Single camera is the set up or single camera mode of production, it is a method that consists of making films and video productions.  

 

 



EYELINE MATCH. 

Eye line matching is a film editing technique which is mostly associated with continuity editing. The words eye line refers to the path of the looking eye and this is similar to a shot reverse shot. The eye line match rule is where the characters are talking, one will be on one side of the screen when the shot is on them and the other will be on the other side of the screen when the clip cuts to them, but the person who the camera is on will be looking into the blank side of the screen so it makes it look like they’re talking to the other person in the scene.