Task 9 - Non-Continuity Editing

Non-Continuity Editing is known as "Freach New Wave" and is the opposite of Continuity Editing.
Film makers such as Jean Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut created French New Wave by pushing the limits of editing.

French New Wave films are simply use a carefree editing style and do not follow or use the traditional editing etiquette that Hollywood films would use.
Non-Continuity Editing usually draws attention to itself by its lack of continuity, its self-reflexive nature. This is to remind the audience they are watching a film and not real life.

They used material not often related to any narrative which would keep the audience surprised and intrigued. Jump cut (The gap in action is emphasised) is used to startle the viewer and to draw attention to something that is happening.

Breaking the 180 Degree Rule

Non-continuity editing also ignored the 180 degree rule. Lots of moden film makers still use this technique when wanting to be creative. If you cross the invisible line and characters will swap places on screen to show something is going wrong.

This can be seen in the movie "the Hunger Games".

Here we have Katniss Everdeen walking into her brand new bedroom in the first shot, where she will be staying while she is training for the Hunger Games and she is standing on the left side of the room. This makes every thing look normal and that every thing is fine.


However, in the next shot, Katniss is standing on the right side of the room. This shows The audience that something is not right from the moment that she enters the room. This shows Katniss entering a whole new "world". Something she is not really use to. This could be warning the audience that something bad may happen to Katniss when she has to take part in the Hunger Game.