Continuity Editing
- Idea is to make the editing as unobtrusive as possible
- Cut the shots to tell the story in a linear fashion - start, middle, end
- The Audience should be unaware of the cuts
- Shots should flow not 'jump'.
- Obey the 180 degree rule
- Cut on Action - character begins to do something in first shot and finishes it in second shot. The cut is usually place mid action to make it seamless
- Use cutaways to give the audience visual clues
- Cutaways can also be used to mask mistakes
- The idea is to make the action seem real to the audience - realism