Continuity Editing

In today’s lab we spoke about continuity editing, in a nut shell that basically means continuous editing, it has to tell a story.

A constructed scene where everything flows in a consistent, smooth manner.

Creating a Mental Map.

A mental map helps the viewer make sense of where things are, where they are going, or where they are supposed to be.

Continuity editing relies upon screen direction, position, and temporal relations from different shots.

Types of continuity Editing

Graphic Continuity - when two successive shots are joined to create a strong similarity of compositional elements

Rhythmic Continuity - Use rhythm to cut, used in music videos, in clubs etc. Factors include beat, accent and tempo.

Spacial Continuity - When the film maker connects any two points in space through similarity, difference or development or even divide the whole space into component parts to make up the scene.

Temporal Continuity - is about making sure that people and things don't jump around in time.

Today we had also watched clips from V for Vendetta to look at and identify continuity editing.

Below is my edited version of Payback.