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AS Media Studies research Powerpoint on the 180 degree rule, Match on Action and Shot/Reverse Shot
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180° RuleMatch on ActionShot/Reverse shotTom SutherlandMEDIA STUDIES DM
+What is the 180° Rule?
Line of Action / Axis Line
NEVER VIOLATE OR DIE (unless for “effect”, obviously)
Breaking the rule can disorient/confuse viewers So as a result, they’ll miss your film while trying to figure
things out!
Especially important in scenes with action or traces where a subject moves from A to B to avoid continuity errors
+Things are easier to explain with pictures...
In this scene:
• The man is always facing right• The woman is always facing left
No matter which position or angle the camera is shooting
from, the characters will always be facing the same
direction throughout.
+What happens when you break it?
If you move the camera across the line, characters face the same way as each other
THIS EQUALS CONFUSION
Camera A
Camera B
+How do I cross the line?
Show the movement This way, the viewer won’t become disoriented as they will
have seen the camera move
Once the line has been crossed, all shots must be from that side of the line, unless you cross back over (again showing the movement)
As usual, the man is facing right...
... but now he’s facing left!!
+Video Examples
+Match on Action
Cut that connects two different views of the same action at the same moment
It makes the motion seem uninterrupted
Usually just multiple shots of the same action (low budget films especially) So the mise-en-scene must be the same in every take to
avoid continuity errors
Used to emphasize spatial relationships
+Shot/Reverse Shot
Classicly used in filming dialogue
The shot frames the speaker (usually MCU) as (s)he says his/her line Often, there will be part of the listener in shot, slightly out
of focus for example, the shoulder slightly out of focus.