Preliminary Task

This is my preliminary task where I demonstrate the rules of shot reverse shot, match on action and the 180 degree rule in the given scenario.

Preliminary Task Definitions

 

• Match On Action (or cutting on action): A process of cutting a sequence of the same action together to make it appear seamless. A technique used in continuity editing.
• The 180 Degree Rule:  basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character will always be frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. If the camera passes over the axis, it is called crossing the line or jumping the line.
• Shot Reverse Shot: Where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.
  

             
                Shot Reverse Shot                                                        Match on action

The 180 Degree Rule