technical continuity - Billie

Technical continuity in film is so that the audience concentrate on what is happening in the film and not on the editing in the film. It makes the film run more smoothly.

Jump cuts: this is cutting out the parts of the film that are boring so that things can move along more quickly. This also stops the audience from losing concentration. This can be done wrong though as if it is not done properly is can make the film look jumpy or choppy which makes it noticeable and the audience will then see the edits.

180 degree rule: this is where you only film on either the left side or the right side of the characters. This is so that the audience can establish where everything is in a scene, you can’t swap sides half way through because this will confuse the audience. You can only swap from person to person but it must be at the correct side so that they look like they are standing across from one another not next to each other.

Match on action: this is when you cut one frame of film on an action to make it match the next frame of film where the action will continue, this makes the edit less obvious because our eyes naturally follow movement so this means the audiences eyes will follow the movement not the edit.

Shot reverse shot: this is where you shoot two people having a conversation but you shoot them one at a time and flip between them throughout the conversation. This is so that the audience knows who is talking in the conversation, it also means that the audience can see the reaction of the person who is not talking, it also means you can see their expressions when they reply.