Production Rules

180 Degrees Rule:  the 180° rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary line connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.




Match-on-action: is the seamless movement from an interior shot to an exterior shot. As if you are watching them. (The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over everything inbertween shots. So each scene follows on perfectly from each other.)

Shot reverse shot: Flipping between characters. (you see him, you see her, you see him, you see her etc) makes you realise there is a dialogue going on between the two characters. Helps you to identify with the characters emotions.

Eye- line match: The audience sees what the person sees. If they look up to the sky then the camera will point up to the sky.