Continuity Editing

This (continuity editing), is making sure that the piece of film runs smoothly and it looks natural. -There is no gaps in between shots and it makes the piece of film, "seamless". We had to include eyeline match: a shot of someone looking at something off screen, then shot of object that the person is looking at. 180 degree rule: if you are filming a conversation between two people, there is almost a line going through the two people and the camera can't go to the other side of that line (or 180 degrees) unless the camera pans around... Match on action: if there is a shot of someone drinking a half full glass of water, the next shot must show the glass as half full (or as it was at the end of the last shot) and in the same position as it was at the end of the last shot. Shot reverse shot: this is when you are filming a conversation between two people and you switch looking between the two people.