Preliminary Exercise: Continuity

The preliminary task requires and understanding of continuity, which is a fundamental principle of moving image production. Watching a film or TV programme tends to be a fairly easy pleasure because continuity is secured by the producers. As long continuity rules are followed, plot and stroy can unfold in such a way that the audience can assume what is going to happen in each shot or sequence. An example of this is if a character was to get on a train in one scene then jumps to another where they are sitting on the train during the subject, then again jumps to the passenger exiting the train the veiwer assums that the joruney was longer than was shown on screen time . But if the rule is broken so that the passenger moves postion and back again during different sceens the flow of sequences is disrupted.