Non continuity editing
Non continuity editing is a style editing that requires the director to try to make the film reality as much like the audience's reality as possible. This means the film is trying to recreate what the world around us is and trying to make it easier on the audience to comprehend and understand the action happening on screen.
Jump cut
Jump cut
French new wave film makers such as Jean Luc Godard and Francais Truffaut pushed the limits of editing technique during the late 1950's and throughout the 1960's. French new wave films and the non-narrative films of the 1960's use a care-free editing style and did not conform to the traditional editing etiquette of Hollywood films. French new wave editing often drew attention to itself by it's lack of continuity, it;s self reflexive nature (reminding the audience that they were watching a film), and by the overt use of jump cuts or the insertion of material not often related to any narrative.
This is an example of a jump cut because it cuts between two shots and in one shot, she is not holding anything, then in the second, she is holding a mirror in her hand.
Breaking the 180 degree rule
During filming, the camera should always stay on one side of the characters. It must not cross the 180 degree line otherwise the characters will switch sides and it will look odd. This will break the rule. For example; in one scene of the the shining, the two men are talking and then the camera breaks the 180 rule and the two men look as if they have swapped places. This broke the rule and also looked odd.
This is an example of breaking the 180 degree rule because the characters seem as if they have switched sides when they haven't, only the camera has turned round and crossed the 180 degree line and broke the rule.
This is an example of breaking the 180 degree rule because the characters seem as if they have switched sides when they haven't, only the camera has turned round and crossed the 180 degree line and broke the rule.
Please start this post by explaining the term "Non-Continuity Editing".
ReplyDeleteAlso, please add The Hunger Games example at the end. The images you have included are for the example "The Shining" which is a horror film.
Nicola, your definition of Non Continuity editing is incorrect. You have explained "Continuity" editing.
ReplyDeleteExplain that the scene from The Shining is deliberately made to look odd as it is a horror film and at this point the main character (not the butler) is going mad and talking to a ghost. Explain that the way it is filmed (in an odd looking way) therefore reflects how the character is feeling and also makes the audience feel a bit odd and uncomfortable - to make it more scary.