Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing is very important. It is vital to have things kept in the right place. We must always remember certain rules. We must retain a sense of realistic chronology and generates the feeling that time is moving forward. You can use flashbacks or flash forwards but the narrative will still be seen to be progressing forward in an expected or realistic way,

Eye-Line match

We see a character looking at something offscreen and then we cut to a shot of what they are looking at.

Match-on action

We see a character start an action in one shot and then see them continue it in the next.

Graphic Match

The filmmaker can choose to place shots in a certain order so as to create a smooth visual transfer from one frame to the next. When two consecutive shots are matched in terms of the way they look this is called a Graphic Match.