180 degree rule

180 degree rule

We had our second practical class on how to use professional cameras. On this lesson we've learned that we can record the same scene many different times in many different camera angles and then we can edit them and cut into different parts of the scene using different camera angles. This cutting helps intriguing the audience and leaving them focused rather then having them watch one long boring scene filmed in just one shot. But we do have to be careful when it comes to filming the various shots because we have to film is all in a 180 degree radius. The teacher showed us an example of a toy Ferrari being pushed by him in the same direction, but one shot filmed from the Ferrari's left side and the other filmed from the Ferrari's right side. And in the recording it looked like the Ferrari was traveling a different direction. And if we commit that mistake in the movie edit we can leave the audience a bit confused to whether the scene has changed or not, when in reality the character moved the same direction as the previous shot. And that's why this 180 degree rule is so important when it comes to editing.