Filming techniques

The 180 degree rule line of action is the invisible line where the camera is placed if the camera moves away from the 180 degree line it creates confusion for the audience as it looks like the cast of the film are switching places when they are really still in the same position.

Shot-reverse-shot: This shot mainly used in interviews as it is a really good way to show a conversation between an number of people, it is also good to show the relationship between two characters of an interviewer and interviewee. This shot will repeatedly swap between characters or interviewer/ interviewee and will also occasionally change to show a two shot or three shot depending on the amount of people in the shot.

Match on action: This is an editing technique used to show and action by cutting one shot to another shot which shows the action in the first. However these shots aren't randomly put together they are carefully put together to show one specific action e.g. grabbing a door handle and opening the door.