Match on action
I sourced a clip form
YouTube to help me get some more contextual knowledge into the field of continuity
and how not to lose substance of our opening sequence by disobeying the rule.
Match on action is the idea of revolving around one feting by keeping a cohesive
sense of fluidity in the opening title sequence.
Within this clip which is revolved around a book it shows
that the book is the consistent item within the frame at all times; meaning
that there is no distraction form the action of the shot. This example shows an
element of fluidity and movement. The camera moves from shot to shot with
keeping the book in the screen. Therefore, it adds this sense of cohesion as,
if there is only one shot when in reality it has been multiply shot.
The fact that the female is within the shot at all times gives
the sense of familiarity towards the audience and the lady indicating that it
is just the female reading; and that no other characters are within set.
Iconography elements help to hint that the female is in the scene throughout,
her bracelet is within the mid-shot as well as the close-up which helps to portray
that it is only one character reading. The setting is in a library adding a
sense of continuity as this is the most likely setting for a book.
This clip has helped me in the sense that now I can give a
sense of knowledge in this rule as I now know that there has been a series of
multiple shots for the action to seem cohesive and jumping from one part of the
action will create a unsmooth transition. I also know that keeping an iconographical
or costuming piece within display helps to advise that the same character is
doing the same actions throughout.
The knowledge that I have distinguished from the clip will
be helpful for me but, not just me in importance it will help the
cinematographer as, they will need the knowledge of knowing how to film the
rule in terms of how many shots to use and how to make the smooth transition
from frame to frame.
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