Post 5: Jump Cuts, Over-the-Shoulder Shots, Cutaways and Point of View Shots

Jump cut
 A cut to later action from one filmed scene to the next, creating an effect for the viewer or they have done it by mistake and have thought about the continuity with the film.

http://www.movies-dictionary.org/Film-and-Video-Dicitonary/Jump-Cut

This link takes us to a definition about jump cuts.

Over-The-Shoulder-Shot
With over the shoulder you normally have two people, you can see the corner of someones head and shoulder and the other persons face when they are talking. This reveals the emotions the actor is showing. You often get a reverse shot so you see the other person talking.

http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/narratology/terms/overtheshoulder.html

This link takes us to a definition about Over-The-Shoulder-shot.

Cutaway
A single shot inserted into a sequence of shots that momentarily interrupts the flow of action. It is usually, although not always, followed by a cut back to the first shot. For example editors sometimes use cutaways as a means to cut out of dialogue (perhaps to shorten the dialogue) and then cut back into.

http://www.movies-dictionary.org/Film-and-Video-Dicitonary/Cutaway

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point of view shot
A point of view shot is where you see the shot through the actors eyes and you see what they see.

http://www.digitalfilmarchive.net/clda/docs/PointofView.pdf

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Point of view shot

Cutaway

Over-The-Shoulder-Shot

Jump cut

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Continuity Editing Definition: A system of cutting used to maintain clear and continuous narrative action by following a set of rules.

Rules and benefits with continuity editing: 

Benefits: The narrative has structure, the shot sequences flow seamlessly into each other and therefore it’s easy to watch the film!

The rules:

• Establishing shot
•  Shot/reverse shot
• 180ºrule
• 30ºrule
• Crosscutting
• Match on Action
• Eye line Match
• Re-establishing shot

http://www.slideshare.net/stewedveg/continuity-editing-10739140   

This link is a website for of slides holding information for all of the camera angles/shots we have and will be talking about.

Shot/reverse shot Definition: Two shots edited together that alternate characters, typically in a conversation situation. Usually characters in one frame look left, and in the following frame look right.

• It may not be filmed in the correct order but will be edited together afterwards.
• Must ensure that the right amount of shots are filmed to make the ‘shot-reverse-shot’ sequence work.

180ºruleDefinition: The angle between any two consecutive shots should not exceed 180º, in order to maintain spatial relationships between people and objects in any given sequence of shots.

• When you are using the 180º rule you must make sure you dont cross the 180º line or otherwise it will look like they are both on the same side.

Match on Action Definition: A cut between two shots that places two different framings of the same action next to each other, making it seem to continue uninterrupted.

• you have to be very careful when using this technique. 

The first two images show match on action, you see the hand on the door and then in the second image you still see the hand on the door so this is good shots of match on action.

The next two images are showing shot/reverse shot, with the top image it could be cropped in a bit more so it will be more on the person like the second image is as the second image is a good shot/reverse shot image.

This last image is showing the 180º rule, what this is showing is you shouldn't go the other side of the person because it will jump in the film and it will look like the person has change sidess within the scene.