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Saturday, 28 January 2012

180 degree rule









When making a film, this is a basic guideline that shows when filming two characters (or more) in the same scene, they should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects you have basically crossed the lineCrossing the line makes it confusing for the audience and distorts the visual effect of the conversation. The new shot, from the opposite side is known as a reverse angle



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