Film Techniques

Match on Action:

Match on action is a film technique used by film editors, this is where the editor cuts from one shot to another shot,which will then match the first shot, so that the clip runs through smoothly without being able to see the cut. an example of this would be when a character walks toward a door and reaches to turn the handle, it then cuts to the other side of the door, where the character then opens. In this type of cutting the two shots may have been filmed several hours apart and it will not be obvious is the clip. 

Shot reverse shot:
Shot reverse shot is another film technique used in editing, this type of cutting is, used in either very serious moments or during a conversation between two people. The cut goes from one shot of a person and then cuts to the person who they are talking to, so that they can respond. An example of this may be in a romantic scene when it goes for a shot of a man confessing is love to the woman and so it will start on him as he is talking and then move to the women when she talks this continues throughout the scene.

180 degree rule:
The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline in which is regarding towards the relationship between two one screen characters. There is an imaginary line between these two people called an axis, which connects the characters by keeping the camera on one side of the axis in ever shot. The first character will always stays frame right of the other character who stay frame left. The camera is then allowed to cross the axis which is called jumping the line.