There are certain rules you have to abide by when creating a piece of media (e.g film) and I'm going to explain them to you now.
Rule of thirds
This is a basic composition rule which makes a shot look more attractive to the eye. The basics of it is that the picture is split into thirds, and place a point of interest on an intersecting line. This rule can be used in film as well as photography.
The 180 Degree Rule
The 180 degree rule is one of the most important rules and it needs to be abide by when creating a film. Without following this rule the shots can feel jumpy or disjointed.
Camera operators have to imagine that there is a line and the camera has to stay on the one side of it.
Continuity
Continuity can cause a huge problem when editing especially if you are doing a match on action because they can walk through the door on their left foot but then when they do it again from the other angle they could walking in on their right foot which your audience would pick up on straight away. It's not only foot work though as you can have continuity errors for breaking rules as well as objects not being where they should be etc. Below I will embed a video to show you some examples.
30 Degree Rule
The 30 degree rule is another basic filming rule. This is where the camera should move at lest 30 degrees between shots of the same subject. The consequences of not following the 30 degree rule is that you can have jump cuts and this can confuse the audience as the camera what at one point and now is completely over the other side of that original shot.
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