BLK Continuity Clip Analysis

This is a scene from the film Knowing (2009), it is when a disaster subway train crash is about to occur. The clip includes many continuity techniques to assure the sequence flows correctly throughout the action packed scenes.

Ways in which this scene has good continuity:

• The scene uses lots of match on action, such as at the start when John (Nicolas Cage) tells a woman to get off the train, as he moves his hand to try and direct her off the train the next shot at a different angle shows his hand on her shoulder still attempting to direct her off the train.
• This scene also uses the continuity technique cross cutting as it cuts from shots of the people on the train to the driver of the train so the audience can tell the events are happening and simultaneous periods in time.
• At 0:36 you see a shot of the train tipping over and the following shot shows perspective of the train tilting too, followed by a shot of all the people inside the train falling over as the train moves. This is to ensure continuity and creates realism of what would happen.