180 degree rule

180 degree rule

The 180 degree rule is one which means that two people in a scene should always keep the same left and right relationship to one another, so that the audience watching doesn't get confused. The picture below shows that if the camera crosses the line connecting the two characters together, it is called crossing the line, this is called a reverse shot - and it means that the two characters are seen on opposite sides of the shot than before.

We had to make sure that the conversation between the two characters followed this rule. This helped the audience to understand and follow the clip easily. Most importantly created a professional piece.



Match On Action

Using match on action helped our clip to continually flow. This worked exceptionally well when filming the actor opening the door.

Shot reverse shot

Shot reverse shot is a technique used when two characters are talking to one another; face to face, and one character is shown looking at the another, then it shows the other character looking back at the first. Because the characters are facing each other it looks as if they are looking at one another.

Using shot reverse shot helped the audience to recognise a conversation between two characters.

This is when the camera follows the steps, movements and action that the character makes and then cuts it from one action to the next but making it a different angle or camera keeping sure that it is giving continuation to the scene

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