Preliminary Task

The preliminary task is about continuity editing, it must show:

- Match On Action
- Shot/Reverse Shot

- 180 Degree Rule
- Eye Line Match

Match on action is when the audience see a character start an action in one shot and continue it into the second shot. For example the first shot could be of an character walking up to the door and the second shot would be the character on the other side of the door and walking towards someone or something.

Shot/Reverse shot would be during a conversation, over the shoulder shot of character A, over the shoulder shot of character B then back to character A. 

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that the character should always have the same left/right relationship within the scene. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subject together it is called crossing the line. For example if the character is shot walking across the room and then shot again however the camera has moved 180 degrees this would look as if the character is walking in one direction, then suddenly turns and walks in the opposite direction. 

Eye line match is when the character is looking in a particular direction at an object or person, then the camera follows the direction of the gaze.