Morgan Crook tv and film blog

Analysis of my First Continuity Sequence     Shot 1   The first shot of the sequence  is a long take in which a character walks from a mid shot to a long shot, we notice that there is some sort of struggle while the character is opening the door, as this is occurring the audience can notice a mysterious new character approach from the right.  As the two new character manage to open the door we cut to a match on action. Shot 2 The camera is now on the opposite side of the door. One of the characters then places their hands on the others shoulders to which he then responds with a punch to the face. Shot 3 We then attempt a shot , reverse shot which aims to capture the punch from more than one perspective. There are multiple continuity areas in not only this shot but throughout the entire sequence, including more than one person walking in and out of frame Shot 4 It then cuts to a long shot of a scuffle in the corridor Shot 5  That is the...

The  180 - degree rule  is a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another. When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle.  Shot reverse shot  is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character An  establishing shot  is usually the first shot  of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot  or extreme wide shot.   Eye - line match  is a method of continuity editing whereby a cut  between two shots creates the illusion of the character (in the first shot) looking at an object (in the second shot). Cutting on action  or matching  on ac...