In media we started to plan for our continuity editing task. The continuity editing task is to storyboard and script with a range of different shots from a shot list - aiming for a completed piece approximately 60 seconds in length.
For this we had to come up with a shot list, ideas, locations and actors, shoot the film, edit it, re-shoot and re-edit if necessary as well as blog the activity of the research, planning and evaluation throughout.
You must include a shot reverse shot
You must include a variety of appropriate camera angles
You must edit so that the continuity is apparent and clear
You must include more than one location
You must include some interaction between characters
You must include some non-diegetic sounds
The 180 degree rule
When I first read the task list I didn't know what a 180 degree rule was. Therefor I looked online and found this picture and definition.
In film making the 180-degree rule is a 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 framed right of the second character, who is then always framed on the left.
From this picture I now understand how a 180 degree works. If the camera crossed the axis it would disorient the audience who are watching.
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