. Film Continuity Style & Shot Flow How to shoot your scenes for easy editing Continuity & shot flow When first time filmmakers start making films or documentaries they often make mistakes in continuity (this can be done in the filming stages or in the editing stages). What results is a production which looks “amateur”. Some scenes may not flow properly, pacing may be off, there may be a lack of rhythm and the cuts are in the wrong places. When this happens the audience becomes aware of “technical” issues which draws their attention away from the movie and into analyzing the technical issues. As a filmmaker it’s your first objective to provide your audience with a seamless viewing experience. This means that starting in scene 1 you capture their attention so strongly that they forget they are actually sitting in a movie theatre or in front of their TV. From this point on, all of your transitions, framing, dialogue scenes, sound, music and so on, need to fit together to provide a continuous, balanced and harmonious chain of events. Film is a difficult subject to teach because it is so interconnected that you really can’t complete a project until you understand how ALL of the pieces fit together. For instance, while you needed to start learning about composition, we did so initially without teaching you how to compose your shots for editing purposes. Instead, this will be covered in your lesson on editing. When we teach you about editing, we will do so without talking about editing to the pace of music, as it is better to cover this in the section on music. In short, you don’t get to see the whole picture until you’ve completed all of the lessons and assignments. In past lectures, you completed assignments that required you to capture footage. However, this lesson will have you go back and correct some of your old assignments because you’ll find that they are technically (from a continuity standpoint) inaccurate. As you can see, it's a process, so let’s start out discussing the basics of continuity before we get into the more advanced topics.   Continue Below... Film Continuity & Shot Flow Line of Action Moving Across the Line of Action 5 Basic Camera Set Ups Angular Singles Master Two Shot OTS Shots (Over the Shoulder) POV Singles Profile Shots       .

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