Relationships Between Shots

This particular scene is from Titanic (1997), whereby Rose is contemplating jumping of the ship and Jack is able to cautiously dissuade her. This scene contains montage and continuity editing. Within the first few seconds of the scene, the viewer gets a mixture of close up, medium long, and long shots. During these shots the viewer sees Rose's face up close and Jack in the background, as well as both characters standing on the ship's deck. As the scene progresses, there are more close up and medium close up shots indicating the growing bond and trust between the characters. At some point (0:58), there is a long shot of Jack taking off his shoes, ready to jump after Rose. There is also an extreme close up shot (2:55) of Jack's hand extending over, in order to emphasize the bond that this encounter begins and another extreme long shot of Rose's shoes turning around, which can be another indication of the start of trust between both characters. It is also important to note that there is a back and forth between the characters (more montage editing) used to show how Jack is trying to deter Rose from jumping and Rose's expressions towards this. Also, the 180˚ line is not crossed during his scene, which keeps it continuous and rather diligent (does not disrupt the scene).