Monday, 29 September 2014

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Shot reverse shot

Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is filmed looking at an off-screen character, who is then shown looking back to the first character.
As the characters are shown looking in opposite directions, the audience assumes they are looking at each other.

Match on action

Match on action may also be referred  to as Cutting on action. It is a film editing technique where editor cuts from one shot to another that's matches the first shots action.
The two shots may have been filmed with hours between them but match on action gives the look of continuous time.

By having a subject begin an action in one shot and carries it through in the next shot, a visual bridge is created which takes the audiences attention away from noticing the cut.

180-Degree Rule

The 180-Degree Rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene.
An imaginary line, known as an Axis, connects the characters, by keeping the camera on one side of the axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always frame right of the second character. The object that is being filmed must always be in the centre with the camera facing towards it.
When the camera passes over the imaginary line or Axis, it is called Crossing The Line.

This rule maybe used to allow the audience to visually connect with unseen  movement happening around the subject.