Continuity task rules.

Our continuity task must involve the following rules:
Shot/reverse shot. This is used to show us a two way conversation, and the camera points at whoever is talking, and sometime cuts between characters to show their reactions/facial expressions.

180 degree rule. This is also used to show a two way conversation but sometimes we can see both characters at the same time. The idea is that the camera must stay within a 180o angle otherwise it will look like the characters are the other way round and this may confuse the audience.

Match an action. A good example of action match is someone smoking a cigarette in one scene, and as he leans down to put it out, the scene cuts and someone else ends up putting the cigarette out.