Continuity Editing

Retains a sense of realistic chronology and generates the feeling that time is moving forward. May use flashbacks or flash forwards but the narrative will still be be seen to be progressing forward in an expected or realistic way.

Eye-Line match
We see a character looking at something of screen and then we cut to a short clip of what they are looking at.


Match on action
We see a character start an action in one short shot and then see them continue it in the next scene.


Graphic match
When two shots are linked with a similar shape or composition of an image. The film maker can choose to a place shots in a certain order so as to create a smooth visual transfer from one frame to the next. When two consecutive shots are matched in terms of the way they look.


180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary line connecting the two subjects it is called crossing the line.



Shot/reverse shot to show an argument or a conversation between two people