camera rules

180 rules: the 180 rule is a rule that basically draws an imaginary line in which the camera man can stand to make the conversation more realistic because we will always see only one side of the characters faces so it won’t look like they are talking to themselves

30 degree rule: this means that the cameraman can only cut from one shot to another shot if the two characters are 30 degrees apart, or the audience are reminded that they are watching something that is fiction and won’t be able to believe that they are watching a real conversation

we can see the 180 rule being used here in the shining. the camera is always on the right hand side of the charicter with there back faced to the camera

in this video we can see the 30 degree rule being used.