Continuity Editing

Continuity editing: is a style of editing, in narratives within cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the space and time between shots in the editing process. To establish a logical connectivity between shots.


180 degree rule: is where the camera flicks between two people or objects. For example if two people are engaged in conversation the camera will face the person who is talking, then when the next person talks it faces him/her.


Match on action: is where gesture matchs between to shots. For example for opening a door, there might be a long shot to show a person heading towards a door. Then the next shot zooms into the person opening the door.

Eyeline match:  is where for example someone looks up at a poster on the wall and in the next shot the camera shows the poster.