AS2: Task 1

To have an understanding of continuity editing you must first know all of its aspects and methods. They are the following:

180 degree rule

In the film industry there is a rule thast you must not break whilst filming and that is the 180 degree rule. If this rule is not met you would be able to see why it is there in the first place. The 180 degree rule makes the shot run smoothly and in the right direction if the camera that is filming has changed positions. 

So that the actor that is being filmed does not switch places between two different shots. So the 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other, and if the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called Crossing the Line. 

Match on Action

A match cut, also called a graphic match (or, in the French term, raccord), 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.

Eye-Line Match

Eye Line Match is based on the fact that the audience will want to see what the character on-screen is seeing. For example if the character is looking up in the sky but we as the audience wont see what they are looking at until the next shot goes onto it, This is what a eyeline Match is and used a lot in making and editing films. 

Shot/Reverse shots

Shot/Reverse shots are used not just only in films but every piece of dialogue in most things. A reverse shot is when two shots are put together filming the same scene. the most commonly used is when two people are talking, the camera changes to go into each other point of view, over each of the person's shoulder.







Shooting schedule 

By having a shooting schedule I can see what is needed for the filming of the continuity footage. It will highlight what i need for example, what props, and costumes that the crew will be using on the day, and the location of the filming. Here is the shooting schedule. 










Storyboard planning 

To start the shooting of the film I will have to make a storyboard which will allow me to stick to plan and shoot according to what was the original plan. It will show what will be where and where the actors need to be and what they will be doing. Here is my storyboard for my preliminary task. 

Animatic

Animatic is when you take pictures of a still image and when you put them together they turn into a moving picture. Here is an example of Animatic Editing.