Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Different shot types

Match on action shot

Match on action is a technique of filming used in many sorts of films. It consists of connecting 2two shots together in which a character finishes off an action in the second shot that was started in the first one, for example a clip of a character walking through a door in which he opens the door being filmed from behind then the clip cuts to him walking through from the other one.









Shot reverse shot
Shot/reverse shot is when one character is shown looking at another character. Then the other character is looking back at the first character. It’s commonly used in conversations, switching from one speaker to another. Usually but not always the camera stays at eye level.

180 Degree rule
Is similar to shot reverse shot in the way that the camera is on one side filming the people. It would stay on one side and not cross the line. It is normally used when to characters are having a conversation.

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