Editing styles and conventions

There are many editing styles used in modern and old films. These editing styles and conventions help to protray the meaning and add layers to the film itself if used correctly. Usually when edited well the edits will seemless to the audience therefore telling the story well.

Continuity editing has many different styles but these are the most often used. The 180 degree rule, where the camera will always film from one side in that scene whilst following a 180 degree wall limitation, this is to prevent the audience becoming disorientated with that film technique. The level eye line rule keeps the characters eye lines level so that the audience will always know where they are looking or who they are looking at, this will usually be filmed in a shot-reverse-shot. Cross cutting edits show two different events that are happening simultaneously and that are linked with the current story.