Monday, 31 October 2016
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Over The Shoulder Framing
Over The Shoulder framing is a common technique used in most productions to create an over the shoulder shot. They are used to show the audience that a conversation is occurring, it looks realistic and allows the audience to see both people in the shot as the camera is positioned behind the shoulder of one and then directed at the other. Over the shoulder framing can create different emotions from happiness to feeling anxious as only one characters face is on show. This is placed as a shot reverse shot so both characters are visible.
180 Degree Rule
The 180 Degree Rule enables the audience to connect with the unseen movement happening around and behind the subject it is important in the narration of the battle scene or an everyday conversation between two characters. The rule states that the camera should remain on the same side of the imaginary line. An imaginary line is called the 'axis' which connects the characters, by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always framed on the right of the second character, who is then framed to the left of the first character. The camera passing over the axis is called 'jumping the line or crossing'. Breaking the 180 degree rule by shooting on all sides is known as 'shooting in the round'. The object that is being filmed must always remain in the centre with the camera always facing the object.
Match On Action
Match On Action is an editing technique for continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. An example is a man walking up to a door and reaching for the handle, just as he touches the handle the scene cuts to a shot of the door opening from the other side. By matching the movement across the two shots filmmakers make it seem that the motion continues.
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