Preliminary Task

This 180 degree rule, helps orient the viewer and enables characters within the scene to be established. The rule states that when characters of a medium shot in relation to each other- i.e a women on the right and a man on the left, when close ups are shown or SRS are edited in the movie that it should always show the male on the left and female on the right, in relation to one another. In terms of camera movements the camera can titlt, pan, zoom, turn etc anywhere aslong as it keeps within the 180 degree line on one side. If the camera were to film from one side of 180 degree line of the female and then on the other side of the male it would look as though they are on the same side. This can lead to disorentation of the audience as the actors eyelines will not coincide with one another. To cross this line it must be shown as a cross within the camera movement and included in the edit of the scene.

180 DEGREE RULE VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/