The 180-degree rule is a guideline that states that two characters in a scene shall keep the same left/right relationship to each other throughout, coinciding with the shot-reverse-shot.
When the camera passes over this invisible axis that connects the two subjects, it ‘crosses/jumps the line’, building a reverse angle of the shot. By keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, character A is always frame right of character B – who is then always frame left of character A. The rule allows the audience to visually connect with unseen movement happening around and behind the subjects.
Going against the 180-degree rule by shooting on all sides is known as ‘shooting in the round’.
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