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Continuity edit Continuity edit helps make scene of the action, a from shot to shot using many different techniques. It means that everything flows in a consistent, sequential, smooth manner.

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Continuity edit

Continuity edit helps make scene of the action, a from shot to shot using many different techniques. It means that everything flows in

a consistent, sequential, smooth manner.

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is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character often off-screen, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.

Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other and indicates they are having a conversation.

It is a common technique used in many films/programmes

Shot reverse shot

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Establishing shot

An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot

or extreme wide shot.

These pictures are three different establishing shots, which could be used in all different types of films

A busy traffic shot suggests the film could be set in the city and could be an action based film

Usually thrillers/horror movies have an establishing shot of an significant scary looking house or setting where the film is set

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180 degree ruleThe 180 degree rule is that the camera has to stay the same side as an imaginary line,

the line is drawn perpendicular to the cameras view point. This makes the continuity of the film and is often used when two people are having a

conversation in an establishing shot.This rule shouldn’t be broken as it can ruin the scene.

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Matching on actionMatching on action is an editing technique where one shot cuts to another portraying

the action of the subject in the shot. This technique is used a lot, for example when there is a medium long shot of someone drinking a drink, it will then cut to the drink touching the persons lips as

a close up.

This technique is used to show something that is going to happen in detail, this makes it more effective

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Eye line matchEye line refers to the path looking eye and is similar to shot reverse shot .

It is based on the audience wanting to view what the character on the screen is viewing, the camera starts on the character looking at something the audience

cannot see, but then cuts to the object or person they are looking at.

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Cross cutting/Parallel editingCross-cutting also known as parallel editing is an editing technique most often used in

films to establish action occurring at the same time in two different locations. In a cross-cut, the camera will cut away from one action to another action, which can

suggest the simultaneity of these two actions but this is not always the case.

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Graphic matchGraphic match is a cut in film editing between either two different objects, two different spaces, or two different compositions in which an object in the two shots

graphically match, often helping to establish a strong continuity of action and linking the two shots metaphorically

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Transitions In most films editors use different types of transitions to move one clip to another,

Most commonly this is through a normal cut to the next scene. Most films will also include selective use of other transitions, usually to convey a tone or mood,

suggest the passage of time, or separate parts of the story.

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Montage editingMontage editing is a process of cutting up film and editing it into the

screened sequence, it is sometimes used to consciously convey subjective messages through the shots which are related in composition or movementUnlike invisible editing it uses close-ups, relatively frequent cuts, dissolves,

fades and jump cuts.An example of montage editing is when they show someone's life in the

space of a few minutes, using fast shots and skip to the next bit smoothly as it fades in.

An example of montage editing is the beginning of the children's movie UP, where they show the whole life of an old couple from the beginning of their married life to the end in the space of 3 minutes