Continuity Editing

KEY TERMS

180 degree rule - Once a invisible line has been established between two characters supposedly interacting, the camera must now stay on that side in order to avoid disorientation of the audience. Otherwise when switching shots to show this conversation it may seem as though the characters are facing in this same direction.

Eyeline match - Two consecutive shots, which show the subject looking at something, followed by the shot to screen what the subject was looking at. (This is used to establish a significant feature in the narrative).

i.e     Shot A - subject is looking upwards

                                 Shot B - A tall building that the subject is looking at.

Cross-cutting - Cuts from one particular scene, to a completely different scene. (This is used to show two events occuring simultaneously).

Cutting on motion/Action match - Matches two shots one, in whih the subject is beggining an action, and a second one to show the subject finishing the action (This is used to constitute the continuity of the narrative)

i.e Shot A - Subject picks something up

                       Shot B - Subject places this something elsewhere



Graphic match - Two consecutives shots are shown that have a resemblence in the main subject through shape.

i.e Shot A - A watch

                       Shot B - transitions into a rolo

Shot-reverse-Shot - Camera shoots a subject and then reverses and shoots in the opposite direction (This is used to create a sense of conversation)

Transitions - How each shot collides in with another (This is used to make shots flow smoothly).

i.e cross fade, dissolve, fade in, fade out etc.

Jumpcuts - Purposely added to be noticed (This is a jarring cult made to condense time)

Montage - shots chosen to construct the thematic relationship, (This is used to show development or in a sense 'crunch' time.

Pace - The pace of the editing controls the flow of the narrative (This would be used to create a mood)

i.e A slow pace would create and an emotional mood.

Privileged characters - The more important characters who receive more screen time.

Marginalized characters - The less important characters who receive more screen time. 

Diary of a call girl; Representations of disability

Eye line match in a long take - captures her on edge facial expression which emphasizes awkwardness when she does not know who to ask for the money. This presents disability as a very sensitive and quite embarrassing topic as it exposes the idea of being undermined.

Action match - Shot a pictures the dad picking up his son, then shot b shows the dad putting his son down on the bed. This presents disability as a form of weakness and inability (the fact that he can not take himself to the bed, his father must complete this action for him).

Shot-reverse-shot - After the dad walks out and the call girl is about to lock the doors, Shot a pictures the call girl, then reverses to shot b of blake then back to shot of the call girl. This is used to construct representations of disability being a state of dependence and venerability, through the tension between the two characters created through the editing.

The pace - Has been slowed down in one shot to create a feeling of anxiety and a long awkward silence. This presents disability as a negative aspect of life, where it creates disadvantages and complications.

Eye-line match - The father looking at the call girl. This shows his worry and anxiousness, and helps builds representations of disability being a aspect of pathos, that it is something people suffer from and therefore need and deserve pity.

Jumps cuts - Jump cuts placed consecutively of the dad in the car, shows time passing and establishes the fact he is fidgeting, which mirrors his feelings for his son. This again represents disability as some sort of insufficiency and inability which causes them to become dependent and therefore strikes pity and the feeling of anxiousness, as the father knows what is happening and realized how disorientating it must be for his son.

Cross-cutting - Shots scene with dad in the car, to the girl in the bed with his son. This establishes both events are occurring simultaneously exposing both the father and sons viewpoints. This again presents disability as the idea of the dependency, how if you suffer someone else suffers along with you as you depend on them you share emotions with them.

Master shot - Which all the shots eventually lead back to shows her above him. This connotes how the girl has a greater advantage and sense of power above the boy. This helps build representations of disability to again being this aspect of being undermined or unable in certain aspects of the normal basic actions.