This document discusses the rules and benefits of continuity editing in filmmaking. The rules establish shots and angles to maintain spatial and temporal continuity between scenes. Following these rules through techniques like match cuts, eyeline matches, and re-establishing shots allows the narrative to flow seamlessly and be easy for the audience to understand. An example video demonstrates the match on action editing technique.

1. The Rules:
•Establishing shot
•Shot/ reverse shot
•180º rule
•30º rule
•Crosscutting
•Match on Action
•Eyeline Match
•Re-establishing shot
The Benefits:
• The narrative has structure
• The shot sequences flow
seamlessly into each other
• It’s easy to watch the film!

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9. Match on Action
Definition: A cut between two shots that
places two different framings of the same
action next to each other, making it seem to
continue uninterrupted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgutDMPIMU

11. TASK: CLIP 1: IDENTIFY THE ASPECTS OF CONTINUITY
EDITING IN THE SEQUENCE FROM AMERICAN BEAUTY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tTnDcS-PqE&feature=related