Technical Research- Spacial Continuity

Eye-line match is an editing technique which is associated with the continuity editing system. It focuses on the base that the audience will want to see from the perspective of the character. An example of this is type of editing is frequently used in Rear Window (1954) by Alfred Hitchcock, one of my influential figures. One scene in particular the protagonist, played by James Stewart, is in his apartment, continuously looking out of the window. The eye-line match shot shows him looking away from the camera and then will cut to a shot of him looking out of the window from his perspective. This type of shot often demonstrates the 180 Degree System as it the shot of the character is around 180 degrees to the shot of their perspective.

A Cutaway shot is when continuously filmed action is interrupted by something else. It is typical for in films when a cutaway shot is used for it to be cut back to the first shot, though this doesn’t always happen. The cutaway shot isn't used usually to create anything dramatic and instead is used by the editor to lengthen a scene.