Task 1.7: Cinematography rules Rule of 3rds: The rule of thirds is a method of dividing up a frame of film to make it look more aesthetically pleasing to an audience and helps to make a scene look more natural, on the flip side of this, if a scene is not divided correctly then it can create tension in the scene. For example a landscape may be divided so that the horizon would be on the bottom third, and the main focus of the image would be at the left third. The way to visualise the rule of thirds is like a noughts and crosses board across the screen, like this: 180 Degree rule:
This rule states that the camera should remain on one side of an imaginary line called the “Axis of Action”, this line should be perpendicular to the point of view of the camera in the scene’s establishing shot, although the position of this line can change during the scene. This rule is used to maintain continuity in the film and ensure the audience knows clearly what they are looking at in a scene, for example, in a generic car chase scene, if the car is travelling from left to right, the next scene should be shot from the same side, meaning it has to appear from frame left again. Breaking the rule should only be done for effect, as it will confuse the audience, especially during an action scene, a conversation or sport broadcast. If done in conversation from over the shoulder, if the rule is broken it will make the actors appear to be looking in opposite directions to each other. An example of this rule being broken is Gollum and Sméagol’s Schizophrenic scene from Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB2CNr692RE Shot types:
A tilt shot is when the camera is stationary but moves up or down on spot, these are often used to show great size or vertical significance of something, for example shooting upwards from the base of a tall building.
An example of its use would be Okay Go’s music video “I Won’t Let You Down” which was filmed from an octocopter drone and was the only camera used in the video, but connected each shot used in the video seamlessly.
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