This document discusses several important editing concepts used in film and television including: 1) Shot reverse shot is used in conversations to cut between characters as they talk and react to one another. 2) Matching involves cutting between shots where one object or action blends into another, such as steam blending into steam. 3) The 180 degree rule is important for continuity and prevents jump cuts by restricting filming to one side of an imaginary line around the action. 4) Match on action cuts between shots where a character reaches for something off screen to the object being reached for.

1. Editing concepts

2. Shot reverse shot
A shot verse shot are
most commonly used
in conversations. One shot
would show
one character talking and
reaction throughout and
conversation and
the camera would then cut to
the other person and then cut
back and so on. This frequently
happens in Soap Opera dramas.

3. Graphic matching
This is when one object
blends into another
with the shot following.
An example of this is if
steam from a kettle
blend into steam to a
train.

4. 180 degree rule
180 rule is important for continuity editing to allow the sequence to
appear seamless. Imagine a circle around the action, a semi circle
of it would be the only side you’re to film on. If you cross the
invisible line then it was cause jump cutting. This means when
watching the footage the clip would jump and not appear seamless.

5. Match on Action
Match on action is when one shot
is showing the character reaching
for something off screen and the
next shot shows
what they've reached for. An
example of this is when a person
reaches for the door and the next
shot show the door opening from
a different angle.

6. Eye line matching.
This is when you have the character looks over at something off screen
and the following shot shows what they’re looking at.

7. Cross cutting.
Another name for this is called Parallel Editing. This is when two
different actions are taking place in the same time and the shot cuts
from both scenes. A good example of this is if a child is playing with a
ball and the ball rolls onto the road. Then the next shot would cut the
careless driver on the phone. The next shot would cut the child
running for the ball. The following show (increasingly getting faster in
cuts to create tension) back to the driver being careless and so on till
the both scenes join with the driver smashing into the child.

8. Establishing shot
This shot is commonly used to introduce a setting.
This is so the viewer recognized where the action is
about to take place. Crane shots/aerial shots and
long shots are frequently used as stabling shots.