Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing is when one scene will follow on to another in order and as it would be expected to be set out. The definition of continuity is consistence, so the narrative follows a structure and scenes will flow into each other.

Shot/Reverse Shot
A Shot/Reverse shot is usually used in narrative parts of the films between people whom are talking.  It is used so we can see the alternate characters talking to one another. So we will film a shot of someone talking and then it will cut and the person responding will be filmed. These shots are not necessarily filmed in the correct order and in most cases, one persons side of the conversation is filmed first and the next persons side of the conversation is then filmed and it is cut and edited together.

180 degree rule

An angle between two shots should not exceed 180 degrees. When filming, in order to maintain seeing the scene and people within the scene we imagine a line and an 180 degree angle we can film within in order to avoid confusion or to disorientate the audience as the scene has suddenly switched sides. Also when filming moving objects, if we disobey the 180 degree rule then the object may be filmed moving in one direction but by going over the 180 degree barrier it will seem to the audience as though the objects direction in which they are moving has changed. 

Eyeline Match

An Eyeline Match is when we film a cut between a couple of shots, one in which someone appears to be looking towards an object or person and we would then film what it is they were looking at so the audience can then associate that it is then that object or person that the subject was looking towards.

Match On Action
A Match On Action shot is made of two shots, the second shot carrying on the action of what the person had begun in the first shot. So there will be a shot of someone going through a door and from the other side and the next shot will be on the other side of the door and be of them passing through the door. Match On Action can be shown in the video below.

Graphic Match

A Graphic match is a dissolve from one shot into another and there will be some sort of similar shape or composition that will link the two shots. For example:   

                                         

The clip above is taken from War Of The Worlds (2005) and shows the use of a Graphic Match when the red planet dissolves into a red traffic light signal making a transfer from the setting of space to that of Earth.