Although continuity editing is widely popular and accepted in movies and films worldwide some films use non-continuity editing can be used by a director to show a sign that the character is mad, or confused, this helps the audience understand and relate to the confusion of the character. Also there was a period of time in which Jean-Luc Goddard and other french directors thought that they would purposefully create films that did not follow the continuity rules just for a change against typical Hollywood films.. Different types of non-continuity editing include:
Jump Cuts - Jump Cuts are shots which do not cut together smoothly and are put together with a gap in an action. For example you will see the ending of an action but you will not see the action take place, so this makes the scene appear to jump from one thing to another.
Breaking the 180 degree rule - this is when you are filming say a conversation between 2 or more people, and you are filming on say the left hand side of the room you cannot cross the line 180 degrees over to the right hand side of the shot as then the two people in the shot will appear to jump and switch places will confuse the viewer.
A Bout de Soufflé (Breathless) by Jean-Luc Goddard - Jump Cut
Jean-Luc Goddard's film - A Bout de Soufflé, is a good example of a french movie that decided to purposely go against continuity, using edgy jump cuts throughout the movie. An example I have provided is a scene in the movie where the two characters are driving and one shot the female character is just talking and then next it jumps to her holding a mirror, you do not see her take the mirror out. The same also happens when she puts the mirror away, it just disappears.
The Shining - Stanley Kubrick - Breaking the 180 Degree Rule
In Stanley Kubrick's film, The Shining, you the 180 degree rule getting broken in the scene in the bathroom. One shot shows a long shot of the two talking with the bald guy on the right, and then for the close up shot the camera breaks the 180 degree rule and shoots a scene from the opposite way. This makes the two people swap positions to the audience, this shows the bald guy on the left hand, usually this is a bad move as it will confuse the audience, however in this scene it is used to show confusion and madness.
The Hunger Games - Gary Ross -
Breaking the 180 Degree Rule
This is a scene from the Hunger Games by Gary Ross, this is where the character Katniss, is taken to her new room, where she will be staying just before she has to fight for her life. The camera breaks the 180 degree shot showing the room from one direction to another. This helps in this shot to show the confusion and how nervous the character is being in a new environment. That she is also taking it all in about her death.
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