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The line is
drawn perpendicular to the cameras viewpoint in the establishing shot of the
scene.
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The rule
enforces continuity of the film.
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An example
is if a car is traveling from right to left, the next shot must be captured
from the same side, meaning it is traveling from right to left again.
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You
shouldn’t break the rule unless it is for effect
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If you break
it your audience will be confused, lose concentration, become disorientated, and
miss vital parts of the film.
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The only way
to cut across the line is to show your audience the camera movement
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Crossing the
line in over the shoulder shots shifts the person’s eye line.
Cross cutting:
Cross-cutting is an editing technique most often used in
films to establish action occurring at the same time in two different
locations. In a cross-cut, the camera will cut away from one action to another
action, which can suggest the simultaneity of these two actions but this is not
always the case.
Suspense may be added by
cross-cutting. It is built through the expectations that it creates and in the
hopes that it will be explained with time. Cross-cutting also forms parallels;
it illustrates a narrative action that happens in several places at
approximately the same time.
Shot reverse shot:
Shot reverse shot (or shot/counter-shot)
is a film technique 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.
Eye
line match:
An eye-line match is a film editing technique
associated with the continuity editing system. It is based on the premise that
the audience will want to see what the character on-screen is seeing. The eye-line match begins with a character looking at something off-screen, followed
by a cut to the object or person at which he is looking. For example, a man is
looking off-screen to his left, and then the film cuts to a television that he
is watching.
Master Shot:
A master shot is usually a long shot of an entire dramatized scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view. It is the foundation to build upon in many films.
Cutaway:
Is when a continuously filmed action shot in broken up with a different clip, this is a technique used by people who want to avoid using a jump cut, and the shot usually goes back to the first shot.
Cutaways are used to act as a buffer but can also just be to add detail and interest into a sequence.
Two shot:
Is a shot that includes two people. It is commonly used with one in the foreground and one in the background however, it could be two profiles of people. This shot is used commonly to show emotions of two characters and also their actions.
Inter-cutting:
This is shots between actions taking place at two distinct locations and makes one whole scene.What makes it different to cross cutting/ parallel editing is that this is used compress time it speeds up a scene and allows you to delete large pieces of time that would slow a story down.
Jump cut
A jump cut is an editing technique in which two shots of the same subject that are taken from camera positions that vary a little. When you edit these together it looks like the subject is jumping in a discontinuous way. Jump cuts are not considered part of classical continuity editing due to this as continuity editing tries to create the impression of continuous time and space.
Continuity editing uses the "30 degree rule" to avoid jump cuts, in order for shots to appear seamless the camera position must vary at least 30 degrees from the previous position.
The fourth wall
The fourth wall is an imaginary wall at the front of the stage through which the audience see action. Breaking the fourth way is when you as an actor acknowledge the audience.
Master Shot:
A master shot is usually a long shot of an entire dramatized scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view. It is the foundation to build upon in many films.
Cutaway:
Is when a continuously filmed action shot in broken up with a different clip, this is a technique used by people who want to avoid using a jump cut, and the shot usually goes back to the first shot.
Cutaways are used to act as a buffer but can also just be to add detail and interest into a sequence.
Two shot:
Is a shot that includes two people. It is commonly used with one in the foreground and one in the background however, it could be two profiles of people. This shot is used commonly to show emotions of two characters and also their actions.
Inter-cutting:
This is shots between actions taking place at two distinct locations and makes one whole scene.What makes it different to cross cutting/ parallel editing is that this is used compress time it speeds up a scene and allows you to delete large pieces of time that would slow a story down.
Jump cut
A jump cut is an editing technique in which two shots of the same subject that are taken from camera positions that vary a little. When you edit these together it looks like the subject is jumping in a discontinuous way. Jump cuts are not considered part of classical continuity editing due to this as continuity editing tries to create the impression of continuous time and space.
Continuity editing uses the "30 degree rule" to avoid jump cuts, in order for shots to appear seamless the camera position must vary at least 30 degrees from the previous position.
The fourth wall
The fourth wall is an imaginary wall at the front of the stage through which the audience see action. Breaking the fourth way is when you as an actor acknowledge the audience.
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