Intensified Continuity: David Bordwell

According to David Bordwell, there are four factors that contributed to intensified continuity.

The first of which is from more rapid editing. Almost as a result from "American and British filmmakers experimenting with quicker cuts,  the entire industry moved forward because audiences soon became accustomed to cut action. The long shots found in realist films would bore the audience and wasn't visually stimulating. Realism became irrelevant and the average shot lengths of movies rapidly decreased.

A second style was from different lens lengths in between shots. Wide angle lenses was able to capture more of the action and provided deep focus that filmmakers were looking for. Filmmakers also used longer lenses because they were "all-purpose tools for close-ups, medium shots, and even establishing shots". This shift was caused partly because of the ease of use in exterior locations. Filmmakers could use longer lenses to shoot action much farther away and proved to be a multipurpose tool.

A third style was the use of tighter framing for dialogue shots. This technique was aided by "Panavision's sharper, less distorting lenses" in order to give the amount of detail close-ups needed. This technique became popular because it placed more importance on the actors' performances as opposed to the aesthetics of the shot.

One final style that Bordwell mentioned was the use of a free-ranging camera. This was the use of shots that incorporated motion into the shot. this was done in order to convey an emotion that dialogue couldn't be able to portray. For example, "pushing-in"could create a sense of tension that the actors wouldn't be able to effectively convey alone.