Reverse shot also known as ‘shot reverse shot’ is a technique used in films where one character is shown looking at another character, and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other. …
Montage is a film editing technique where a series of short shots are arranged chronologically to supress space, time, as well as information. This particular term ‘montage’ has been used in several contexts. In French, the word “montage” applied to cinema simply stands for ‘editing’. Gradually the meaning changed and now it refers to the sequence …
Double exposures or even multiple exposures for that matter, refer to capturing two or more images on a single frame. It works by layering or morphing one image onto another by not allowing the camera to advance the film to the next frame. By taking a picture without advancing to the next frame, the same frame is exposed more …
An axial cut is a type of jump cut, where the camera suddenly moves closer to or further away from its subject, along an invisible line drawn straight between the camera and the subject. While a plain jump cut typically involves a temporal discontinuity, an axial cut is a way of maintaining the illusion of …
As per the 180 degree rule, the subjects or objects inside the frame are considered to be positioned on an imaginary axis and the camera can move in a semi circle on one side of the axis.
The 30-degree rule states that the camera should move at least 30 degrees in relation to the subject between successive shots of the same subject. The camera should move and stay on one side of the subject to follow the 180-degree rule. In order to make something good, there are rules that one should follow, doesn’t really …
Usage of 30-degree rule-following different aspects of film making. Read More »
One picture says a thousand words, and to be able to communicate properly, the picture needs to be clicked in a way that suits the emotion it wants to incite in the viewers mind. same goes for video making.
