Saturday, 28 September 2013

180-Degree Rule

The 180-degree rule is the idea that all filming should be shot from one side of an imaginary line or visual line between characters. This is done in order to not confuse the audience, as they have subconsciously formed a mental map of where the different characters are.
However sometimes the rule is broken for effect,  but a re-establishing shot must be done to tell the audience where the characters are.
This video gives a visual explanation:


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