This document discusses continuity editing techniques in film including establishing shots, two-shots, over-the-shoulder shots, close ups, eyeline matching, the 180-degree line, and crossing the 180-degree line. It provides examples from the films Notorious, Road to Perdition, and His Girl Friday to illustrate how continuity editing creates a sense of spatial and temporal continuity for viewers.

1. CONTINUITY EDITING
The illusion of temporal and
spatial continuity; “invisible
editing”

2. Establishing Shot Two-Shot
Notorious (Hitchcock, 1946)

3. Over-the-Shoulder Shot

4. Close Up
Eyeline match

6. The 180-Degree Line

7. Crossing the 180-degree Line

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Road to Perdition (Sam Mendes, 2002)

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16. “He was betraying you.”
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17. “I know.”
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His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940)

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