Continuity editing is the predominant style of film editing and video editing in the post-production process of filmmaking of narrative films and television programs. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
During our shots we use the 180 degree rule is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.
During our shots we use the 180 degree rule is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.
There's an image of what the 180 degrees rule looks like:
Good example of continuity editing
This is a good example of continuity editing because we followed the 180 degrees rule by setting up the camera on one side of the characters which we're split by an imaginary line this allowed the camera man to move around at 180 degrees in order to make the shoot look good.