Monday 19 September 2011

Match on action shot, 180 rule, Shot reverse shot.


  • Match on action (or cutting on action) is an editing technique for continuity editing in when one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot.
  • The action carrying through creates a “visual bridge” which draws the viewer’s attention away from slight cutting or continuity issues.
  • The 180° rule is a filming guideline that participants in a scene should have the same left-right relationship to each other, with filming only taking place within the 180° angle in which this is maintained in a conversation.
  • Shot reverse shot is a continuity editing technique used in conversations or simply characters looking at each other or objects.