Breaking Down the 180-Degree Rule
Ғылым және технология
After watching this video you will understand the 180-degree rule.
There's a lot more to shooting a great scene than just planting a camera somewhere and yelling action. We all want to shoot a scene that can be cut together to achieve great continuity with a good variety of shots. The 180-degree rule is a useful tool to help you achieve this. In this segment we talk about the basic principles of the rule, establishing action lines, working with shifting action lines, and redefining the action line using neutral shots, camera movement, and cutaways. Knowing how to apply the 180-degree rule, and when you might want to break it can take your production skills to a higher level.
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Great thank you! Learned more here than in my college class 😊
@videomaker
4 жыл бұрын
Rad. Thank you so much!
i am a professional film editor with feature film experience. just wanted to point out that films will often break the rule- its not a hard and fast one. Once space has been established- and audiences have been orientated, one can often break the line . For example, we can break the line as filmmakers with another establishing wide from the other side- then jump back in, or with any wide lens shot- that gives us perspective. Give the audience a chance to catch up- and you can pull it off. for example breaking bad does this quite often, and well i might add. cutting from cu to cu however is tricky to do, but action films such as bourne, etc do it fast and frequently. And as pointed out in the vid, for frenzy or to disorient- work it that way. just wanted to say this for new filmmakers who hold it as some kind of law, or who use it to argue their coverage. GET IT ALL- shoot it from wherever is interesting. see what works in the cutting room, often when filmmakers stick too hard and fast to these rules- the result is often a show that comes out a bit too tv like- and very generic feeling.
@ghostzart
9 жыл бұрын
"GET IT ALL- shoot it from wherever is interesting. see what works in the cutting room" -- spoken like a true editor. Sidney Lumet is rolling in his grave.
@Matttchew5
6 жыл бұрын
I am not an editor and have no experience professionally, which makes me a viewer or something. Anyway... I notice the editing techniques when I watch movies. I get bored with a systematic method. The monotony puts me to sleep. Zzzzz.... When a scene makes me wonder how did they film that, I sit a little closer to the screen.
@paulosandsten983
6 жыл бұрын
Dark Knight: Batman interrogating Joker is a perfect example.
@reneelucero2923
6 жыл бұрын
Breaking Bad is the shit man, I love the camera work in that show. I think another scene where they pull this off quite well is when Batman is interrogating the Joker in The Dark Knight.
@transwesternatlanta3331
6 жыл бұрын
I disagree to an extent that the interrogation scene in TDK is breaking the rule. Every time the camera crosses the line of action the preceding shot has the camera moving noticeably towards the line, then the next shot (which is indeed on the other side of the previous line) is moving from the center away from the line of action. So, what Nolan has creatively done is use camera movement between the two shots to identify the shift to the other side of the line. In this case I don't think the "rule" is "broken".
its important to understand the rules in filmmaking, but more importantly to know that they aren't rules, and that they aren't hard and fast, a good cinematographer/director will get what s interesting regardless, and a good editor will know how to make it work in any sense of the "rule". what s important is an open mind. I've seen plenty of young filmmakers , grips, etc, question the dp, "oh you can't do that- you re breaking the line!!".
One of the most concise and clear break downs of this rule.
This was the most clear simple explanation of the rule I've found, thank you
HOLY CRAP thank you so much for this video. It's such a simpler way to think of it than the way we are currently trying to work it out with camera left to actor right etc. Such an elegant and simple way to imagine it. 180 degree rule. You've changed my life!
This is an absolutely brilliant video. Superb content, and wonderful presentation because of the 'pace' of talking and the clarity of the medium length sentences. This was a presentation by a young and truly gifted teacher. Thanks so much!
I learned in the class when i study.This video's very good and easy to understands. Axis is a basic of continuity that Hollywood,TV commercial and MV show a mistake in many time.
One of the best video on 180 rule. Helped me understand the rule with crystal clarity. Thank you so much.
It's mind blowing how many scenes in movies, and T.V., I've seen, and yet, knew so little, about how so much goes into them! In a way, it is an art form best not recognized.
@xxdarkjes294
6 жыл бұрын
an art form? go fck yourself
@meroo4574
5 жыл бұрын
@@xxdarkjes294 LOL
Really great! These infos will definitely improve the quality of my skateboarding videos. Thank you videomaker!
Good video, good explanations, good examples of each and how it works and how it doesn't work if you use the rule!
Well presented and exemplified. I am on your channel from now on. Hats off
I always learn great stuff from you gentlemen! Thanks!
Good explanation of the rule. Thank you !
Great explanation of the concept, thanks.
im working on a short comic and this really help on my shot comp!
Thank you for this video! I'm in school for digital design and animation. I enjoy editing and have to create a short film for class. This video helped explain the 180-Degree "Suggestion" better for me! It was extremely helpful having actual footage to view with the explanation!
Really informative and helpful! Thank you!
The best video on this.
Great video! Clear and effective explanation.
Great tutorial, I had been wondering for a while how to manage camera angles when dealing with 3 people in the frame like at 4:43, great advice here!
Thanks for the explanation, it was very clearly, nice video
wonderful video, it helps me learn a lot!
Thanks for uploading such an informative video. I learnt a ton of great knowledge through this. This will help surely. :)
Thanks a lot man ! was really easy to understand
Surprisingly insightful. Thank you so much.
that was awesome mate thanks for a great video
@videomaker
8 жыл бұрын
+stu crompton Thank you! you're welcome.
Good explanation!! Thanks very much!
This is brilliantly explained!!! Wish I saw this sooner!
@videomaker
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! you are so kind.
Thank you very much guys! Nice job!
Thats such an awesome concept! Well I learned something today ;)
Thank you for uploading this interesting and informative video, which is so clearly presented.
@videomaker
8 жыл бұрын
+Valerie J Thank you!
fantastic! i had difficulty understanding this rule until now!
Explained clearly. Good job....ONCE AGAIN
Thanks! This is really helpful.
I Love it! Thank you for this Information.
Thanks. Very clear.
Finally I understand. Thanks for the video!
That was really helpful!..... thanks guys
Useful, thanks!
Really informative..... easy to comprehend.
Great work. Thanks a lot!
great video easy to follow thanks
You should upload more videos like this, maybe some montage tricks. Great video.
OUTSTANDING! THANK YOU!!!
Thank you sooooo much. You explained it much better than my Professor!
Great Video. thumbs up
Great work. Thank you.
@videomaker
4 ай бұрын
Thank you too!
great vid, eye gets better thru out tutorial too....
@thefortress-clashofclans1972
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah 😂
Helpful thanks great video
thank u very much ...u are an amazing teacher........ plz keep uploading such vidos
Awesome advice. Thanks.
awesome information thank u very much.......
really instructive .. thank you
Very useful and clear video, thanks!
@videomaker
8 жыл бұрын
+Henry Norgrove Thank you!
great!! simple and clean!!
Thanks for the videos. It's helpful :)
Great lesson for beginners like me. Thaks a lot.
really good vid. like others said, learned something important today.
great video!
Very well explained, thank you.
@videomaker
8 жыл бұрын
+Victor H. C. G. Thank you!
and irl examples? very good!
Very nice job
Brilliant. Thank you very much.
Good info,,, to the point... 👌👌
This is great. Make more!
I learned so much from this!!!!!
This is crucial info thanks
Nice .... Worth watch
Amazing...biiig thanks.this is really helpful ! :)
thanks for the tutorial, it really educating and simple. 180 degree rule
really thank you!
Very informative , well deduced
Very helpful! Thank you!
@videomaker
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Very helpful thanks!
thanks a lot. really helpful.
wow superb video make more of this
Kubrick broke the rules in the Shining to evoke confusion
Thanks a lot for this fruitful video
@videomaker
8 жыл бұрын
+Rana Mohammed Abdelwahab you're welcome
Ilove it...thanks very nice tutorial
How does Quentin Tarantino do his 360 spinning camera as it goes to each actor when they're talking? For example, the beginning scene of Resevoir Dogs where they're talking about whether or not to tip waitresses or the diner table scene in Death Proof where they're talking about the car chase movie Vanishing Point.
Thank you so much.
thanks for the video.. big up
Great vid.
really helpful thanks
thanks for the informations.
Very informative.
Feeling like this should be in a director's 101 playlist
good job guys
This is a great tutorial :)
Thanks for this. Great breakdown of a very crucial rule
That was fantastic. Thank you!
@videomaker
8 жыл бұрын
+dpmelson Thank you!
Thanks man!
Bigger productions have 'continuity editors'. Is this related to this topic? When shooting, are there 'neutral' shots needed as precautions for cut/ edits later? Continuity for sound, lighting - more on this please?
love it!
very helpful tutorial i am happy with it, but the question is why the viewer would get lost if u jump out of the 180 degree arc O.o i didn't really notice it or got lost when u did it . because the camera is focused on the person talking also on the first shot he was on right now he is on left so it would totally make sense that he has different background ... is there something i am missing here?
Thanks!!!
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wow Thank you Bro