

Our brain interprets this change, which is called optical expansion, as a sudden shift in the size of objects or a very quick movement towards us. Phenomena A girl with a psychic connection to insects must use her gift to catch a killer. Phenomena is a brand-new release on Netflix, and we have a feeling that this story of a trio of paranormal investigators may be breaking its way into the streamers top 10 films very soon.

In psychological terms, we would perceive apparent motion because the only change in the image across the cut would be the scale of objects (i.e. If we were to edit these two shots together, the sheriff would suddenly appear to have expanded in size or to have suddenly jumped toward the camera. This seemingly odd rule is made apparent as soon as one sees a violation of it.Ĭonsider the worst-case scenario in which there is no change in the camera angle: for example, after taking a shot of our sheriff, we turn off the camera, move directly toward him, and shoot from a closer position.

Source: Arthur Shimamura/Shutterstock (used with permission).Īnother continuity editing rule is the 30-degree rule, which states that successive close-up shots should always be angled more than 30 degrees apart.
