Monday, 10 September 2012

Definitions for 180 degree rule, Shot/reverse shot and Match on Shot.

180 degree rule- This is a tool to keep continuity throughout the film and to keep the audience orientated, as the film is meant to be what they are seeing. So the 180 degree rule is an imaginary line drawn across the shot. The cameras go on either one side or the other but once they are on one side they have to stay on that side. This means that what is being filmed in the first seen on the right hand side stays on the right hand side and doesn't suddenly, without an explanation, move to the left hand side in another scene.

Shot/ Reverse shot- This uses the 180 degree rule. It coud be used in a scene where a conversation is taking place, for example the camera goes behind the person that is being talked to allowing the camera to see the person who is actually talking and the back of the person who is being talked to. The same thing happpens when the person replies but the other way round.

Match on shot- This is when you cut from one shot to another but has the same action and pace as the first shot.

1 comment:

  1. Good explanations, although the third is conventionally called 'match on action'.

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