Research and Planning -180 degree rule and match on action

The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the onscreen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters and by keeping The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the onscreen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters and by keeping the camera on one side of the axis for every shot in the scene. The first character will always be frame right of the second character, who is always frame left of the first.

Match on action is a technique of filming used in many sorts of films, it consists of connecting 2 shots together in which a character finishes of an action in the second shot that was started in the first one, for example walking through a door in which he opens the door being filmed from behind then the clip cuts to him walking through from the other one.

the camera on one side of the axis for every shot in the scene. The first character will always be frame right of the second character, who is always frame left of the first.