180 Degree Rule

One aspect of our preliminary task that we had to focus on was the 180 degree rule.

It is a basic guideline when making a film that says that two characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. The camera however can cross over the imaginary line connecting the characters, which is known as crossing the line. The new shot would be a reverse angle.

Here is a link to a video that cleary shows the 180 degree rule within a scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdyyuqmCW14

Preliminary task location

For our prelimnary we want a small room, preferably an office. We went to look for a location around the school and found a great place to film. It is a small office in our school's old science block, that is no longer being used.

Preliminary task storyboard

Before I could begin filming or even researching a film opening i had to do a preliminary task. This involved filming a short scene involving a character entering a room, sitting down with another character and the two interacting with a few lines of dialogue. This task had to include the 180 degree rule, match on action and a shot/reverse shot.

Me and my project partner Dan drew up a rough story board before filming to make it easier to see what was happening in the scene and in what order, this will be very important when filming my film opening.