Task 6 - Non Continuity Editing

Non continuity Editing

The French new wave filmmakers introduced non-continuity editing as Jean Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, pushed editing into the late 1950s then throughout the 1960's. Non-narrative films of the 1960s used a carefree editing style. Therefore the non-continuity editing style didn't match the etiquette of the Hollywood editing styles. The fact that editing gained a lot of attention was due to its non-continuous ways and its self-reflexive nature. (Reminding them they where watching a film).

In the pictures below we can see two shots from the film "A Bout de Soufflé." This was a French film created by Jean-Luc Goddard. The non-continuous effect of this film was used in order to startle the audience. As you can see in one clip there was her with no mirror out then after a cut all of a sudden we see a mirror out with out even seeing her take it out this is known as a jump cut and is a style of non-continuity editing.

Secondly also in "The Hunger Games" we see a piece of non-continuity editing, Gary Ross created this film. in this he breaks the 180 degree rule. However he does this for a specific reason this reason is that he is trying to show the audience the great atmosphere of the room and how large it is and that everything that there Is in it. This is a successful rule break, as the audience would hardly notice the change due to the room being large and identical almost in each shot. Therefore it doesn't catch you eye and tell you that the 180-degree rule has been broken. Also the reason in which the rule is broken is due to the fact the director is trying to show us the feelings that the character is feeling, these are confused and anxious in the way she doesn't know where she was.

Finally in the film "The Shining" produced by Stanley Kubrick, we also see the breaking of the 180-degree rule. The reason why this had been used in this scene was to create a sense of argument between the two actors as they argue in the toilet. As this is psychological horror the fact the rule is broken is to be able to confuse the viewers and to make them seem anxious.