This is when one shot cuts to another shot that portrays the action in the first shot, creating the impression of continuity.
For example, in the preliminary task, we are required to to produce a piece of film in which a character opens a door, walks across a room and sits down in a chair opposite another character. When filming the character entering the room through the door, the first shot will be behind the character who will be pushing or pulling the door open, the second shot will then be from inside the room and will continue to show the character entering through the door.
Shot reverse shot
A shot showing one character looking at another character from their point of view (filmed behind the other characters back) followed by another shot of the other character looking at the first character from their point of view.
This type of continuity editing technique would be used in the preliminary task when the two characters in the piece of film are having a conversation.
The 180º rule
A guideline that characters in a scene should have the same left-right relationship as each other.
In the preliminary task, this would allow the audience to have a greater sense of location in the scene. Shot reverse shot can tie in with this rule to retain continuity by not distorting the audiences sense of location of the characters in the shots.
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