Pre-production Planning: Camera Work By Holly King

180 degree Rule:

• When filming our short film we will have to consider the 180 degree rule. This rule says that the camera should only be on one side of the characters and never cross the 180 degree line running through the characters. As shown on the diagram below, the camera should always be on the green side but not cross over to the red side, so for example the man in the blue will always be on the right hand side.
• This is to avoid confusion of character position.

Diagram showing 180 degree rule

Match on Action/Shot Reverse shot:

Shot Reverse Shot And Match On Action Media

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Example of Shot Reverse Shot in Scrubs:



White Balance:

• It is important to set the white balance before every shot in a different environment or with different lighting. This is to ensure that there is match on action and the shots can run in a smooth, continuous order (This is important in continuous editing).
• The white balance will be set by holding up a white board before the shots and setting this manually as the white balance.

Diagram showing White balance-Left image is where the white balance is not set,
Right Image shows what happens when the white balance has been set.