180 degree rule

180 degree rule
If you are using multiple cameras and plan to edit the different shots in a scene into a seamless sequence, an important rule to keep in mind is to place all the cameras on the same side of a line of action. A line of action is a path which your subject is traveling along or an imaginary line between two characters who are interacting. This rule is called "180 degree rule".

180 degree rule

Shot reverse shot

The meaning of shot reverse shot is when the camera frames each speaker usually in medium close-up as he or she recites a line of dialogue. wherein one character is shown looking (often off-screen) 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.

the meaning of shot reverse shot is a film technique where the camera frames each speaker in medium close up as he or she recites a line of dialogue.