Preliminary Film Analysis of Continuity Editing Techniques - AS Media Studies, Jake Williams

2. Shot Reverse Shot
• In this preliminary video we can see two classic examples of the shot
reverse shot. The first, and more common one being in conversation;
in this case it is the boss talking to one of his henchmen.
• However, there is also an example of using the shot to show
someone's interactions with an object: this scene for example, shows
the protagonist accessing the computers.

3. 180 Degree Rule
• They’ve used the 180 degree rule to have continuity
within their sequence. The camera remains on 180
degrees of the two characters in conversation. This
therefore doesn’t disorientate the viewers.

4. Match-on-Action
• Many match-on-action shots are used in the sequence. They add interest
to the scenes and highlight certain parts of the scenes. Here we have to
examples from the preliminary film:
• Above we see the protagonist insert a memory stick and below the
antagonist boss throws a cigarette into the bin.