180 degree rule
The 180 degree rule is one of the most important rules in filming. When using this rule you need to imagine a line called the axis and by keeping the camera on the one side of this axis for every scene the character should always be framed on the right of the second character or object. If the rule is broken then it may cause a continuity error as the character or object would keep changing sides.
Here is a picture to help you understand.
If your still having trouble understanding the 180 degree rule then here's a couple of videos to help you.
The 30 degree rule
The 30 degree rule changes the shot enough to avoid a jump shot. The 30 degree rule is a film editing which means that the camera should move 30 degrees between shot of the same subject or object.If the rule isn't followed correctly it may give you a jump shot.Below is a video explaining further the 30 degree rule.
The rule of thirds
This technique can be used in filming and photography it's one of the most common used in all filming and photos.
The grid is made up of 9 squares 3 by 3 or you may now it as a nuts and crosses grid it helps concentrate on the important part in the image.
Now on the picture you may be wondering why there is some red circles well that is because where the two lines meet each other is where the main focus is and where the main focus of your picture should line up, However you may not want the main part of the picture at the dominant part of the picture and so you could line up the grid with another part.
Here is a short video to explain the rule of thirds deeper.
Continuity
A continuity errors are errors that are not meant to be filmed or not meant to be filmed that way as they do not follow the story line or the time period that the film was meant to be set for example if your watching a film and in one shot you see a man holding a cup in his left hand but then on the next shot his holding it in his right but its still in the same scene that's a continuity error. These errors are often seen in many films as once the film has finished it quiet hard to go back and mend the error especially if the error is only small. I myself quiet enjoy finding errors in films some of them make you laugh and others make you think "Well how did they miss that". Here is a video that explains continuity errors.
As I am a big fan of Harry Potter I thought my example would be from the harry potter films.
In my next post I will talk about my prelim Task.
