1. The Theory of Linear Structure
Making Media, Chapter 9

2. Basic Unit: The Shot

3. Relationships Between Shots
1. Content Relationships
2. Formal Relationships
3. Order
4. Duration

4. 1: Content Relationships
What each shot means:
 Plot events
 Character revelation

5. 2: Formal Relationships
Compare or contrast in terms of movement, space,
pace, tone, atmospherics or some other basic physical
or visual quality.

6. Continuity Style/System
Early single-camera movie production

7. Parallel Action

8. Match Cut

9. Shot Size Sequencing
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning

10. Deductive Reasoning
Wide Shot
Medium Shot
Close Up

11. Inductive Reasoning
Sequence of close ups that reveal the meaning of a
scene

12. Continuity Techniques
Eyeline Match

13. Screen Direction

14. 180 Degree Rule
The first shot in a scene establishes who is on which
side of the frame; creates an axis or line
Shot, Reverse Shot

15. Montage
Juxtaposing many different images or sounds
can expand time, holding a moment and examine it
from many angles, replaying it, slowing it down

16. Montage
can suggest a passage of time, jumping through many
minutes or seasons of the years or event stages of life.
can create a feeling or portray a person place or event,
through a cascade of images or sounds

17. Continuity & Montage
Most conventional films use both.