Techniques For The Preliminary Test

Today in our media class we started talking about the preliminary task and we learnt that there are 3 main camera/editing techniques to complete this task. This are: Match on action, 180 degrees rule and shot reverse shot.

I have researched each of these 3 meanings and found some examples so that I am clear exactly what they are.

                                                                Match On Action

Match on action is used in film editing and video editing where the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action, maintaining a flow and continual link.
An example of this if a person comes through a door, the camera shot would be behind them. As soon as they walk through door, the camera shot will go in front of them.

                                                               180 degrees Rule

The 180° 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 reverse.

https://youtu.be/oF_5k4AWTFw


                                                             Shot Reverse Shot

Shot reverse 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.

https://youtu.be/h0xiCIMIwLY

https://youtu.be/o1Ey0a6LJRA

https://youtu.be/5qq9vGSOr5Y