Film Techniques

Film Techniques

Match on action

Match on action and cutting on action usually refers to film editing using techniques where an editor cuts from one shot to the other/different view in which matches the first shots action a common example being someone walking up to a door and opening swapping the shot from a person walking up to the door to them grabbing the knob of the door

Shot/Reverse shot

Shot reverse shot is a technique which is used when one character is shown looking at the other person/individual  and the other shot would be the other individual looking at the character, this shot is preferably used when characters are having a conversation in a scene or it may be used in an interrogation scene even maybe as the video clip shows having a conversation with himself in the mirror

180 Degree Rule

The cinematography rule of 180 degree rule is a guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle