What we used

In our continuity task we included the use of match on action, eye line match, the 180 degrees rule and a master shot. Match on action is where an object or person is shown in different shots but flows smoothly, with movements not having the shot jitter or skip actions, or when food is eaten in a shot and then is still there. Eye line match is when a person looks at something of shot and the item is then shown. using eye line match makes sure that where the person is looking is where the object is. the 180 degree rule makes sure that shots of two different people are on opposite sides of the screen when cutting between shots to show that they are on opposite sides to each other. a master shot is a wide shot of the scene to let the audience work out where everyone and everything is in a scene so they can understand how they are related to each other

We used match on action when the girl walked through the door and sat down, as we made the actions flow together so it didn’t confuse the audience by cutting randomly. We used eye line match during the conversation between the two people as one person asks a question and is looking in the other persons direction and this shows the audience where ,in the scene, the other person that they were talking to is. We used the 180 degree rule through out the task, but mainly when the people are talking to each other so the shot doesn’t change and confuse the audience. We used the master shot when we showed a mid-long shot of the two girls sitting at the table, setting the scene for the audience.