180° rule

The 180° rule is a film making rule that says that two characters in the same scene should have the same left/right relationship to each other.
The 180° rule is also called  the Line of Action. The rule says that the camera needs stay on one side of this line. Breaking this rule is most commonly referred to as crossing the line.

You use this technique and the shot reverse shot technique to create a realistic and smooth conservation scene.

shot reverse shot

Shot reverseshot is when different shots for example two people talking the shots could be other the shoulder and the the shot of person 1 talking would cut into person 2 talking

Match on action

This video has several examples on match on action and also a continuity mistake with a dog.
Match on action is when the character proforms and action for example opening a door and it cuts to a different shot of the same action.

Preliminary Exercise

Produce a continuity exercise which involves a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair oppersite another character with whom the exxhange a couple of lines of dialogue.
The task should include
-Match on action
-shot/reverse shot
-180 degree rule

First Post and Hello

Hello i am Ben,
I am taking a Media Studies course at Kenstimpson Community School.
I enjoy watching films, gaming and biking and i am also taking ICT Business Studies and IFS Finance.

My Group for Media studies is Myself and  Dom Waldron





What i am doing this year:

-Preliminary Exercise-( continuity exercise)

-Main Task: opening to a new fiction film and titles