For this post, I chose a scene from Addams Family Values (1993). This scene is the one where Wednesday successfully manages to stage a takeover of the camp’s Thanksgiving Show, and is about to make her escape. Once she crosses over the camp fence, she tries to get Joel to escape with her, but he insists on staying behind and helping the others.
As they are speaking from different sides of the fence, we see a perfect example of the 180 rule, since there’s a camera facing Wednesday, and another one facing Joel. This scene is also an example of continuity editing, since the action stays in one place and flows almost seamlessly. In addition, both character’s eyelines match throughout the scene.
After they kiss, we get a medium wide shot that shows them on their respective sides of the fence, but we see it from the audience’s perspective.
Throughout the scene, we see continuity in the action, content, and other elements. For instance, since this scene takes place at night, the background is very dark and there is minimal lighting. We can also see this in the colors, since they are mostly on the darker side of the spectrum. The focus of the scene (the characters) stayed the same as well as the movement, since they were standing until they had to lean forward for the kiss, and then wipe their mouths afterward.
Link: https://youtu.be/_IvvtSk9-mI
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