Non-continuity editing is when shots are purposely mismatched to disrupt linear time and space. This will often confuse or disturb the illusion of reality on the screen by drawing attention to the process of cutting, and involves the use of 4 main techniques; Jump cut, Cross-cutting, Montage, and Flashback/forward. A director may choose to use non-continuity editing techniques if they wish to confuse their audience, or maybe to get them to think for themselves on what is happening, or letting them interpret what they are seeing for themselves. Some films that use non-continuity editing techniques are A Bout de Souffle by Jean-Luc Goddard, which shows a scene shot from inside a car depicting two of the actors having a conversation, it also uses jump cuts throughout the entire conversation and the scene, this suggests that their conversation took place over a lengthy period of time, and this is used to shorten the scene.
Another good example of a film that uses non-continuity editing techniques is The Shining by Stanley Kubrick, in which a scene depicting Jack Torrance walking into a restroom and having a conversation with a butler, who we later find out to be Delbert Grady. Throughout their conversation, Kubrick continually breaks the 180 degree rule, causing Torrance & Grady to appear to constantly be swapping sides as they talk, this is used create a startling effect, or to show to the audience that something isn't quite right.
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