Five Favourite Movies

Titanic- romance/ tragedy

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Mean Girls- Comedy/Drama

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Life is Beautiful- Drama

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277799/

About A Boy- Comedy, Drama, Romance

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276751/

Grease

Grease- Comedy/musical/romance

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The 30° rule

The 30° rule is a basic film editing guideline that states the camera should move at least 30° between shots of the same subject. This change of perspective makes the shots different enough to avoid a jump cut. Too much movement around the subject may violate the 180° rule.

Shot reverse shot

Shot Reverse Shot is the opposite angle of the original shot another word for it is shot/counter shot. It is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking 'back' at the first one. This means the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

Continuity

Most continuity errors are subtle, like changes in the level of drink in a character's glass or the length of a cigarette, others can be more noticeable, such as sudden drastic changes in appearance of a character (clothes, hair) or objects around them. Such errors in continuity can ruin the illusion of realism.

here is a URL that will take you to a clip i found on youtube which explains continuity clearly.
click below:
Continuity

Match on action

Match on action is a cut in film editing from one scene to another, in which the two camera shots compositional elements match, helping to establish a strong continuity of action. It can be used to underline a connection between two separate elements, or for purely visual reasons. In a match on action, an object or action shown in the first shot is repeated in some kind of shape and form in the second shot; the objects may be the same, be similar, or have similar shapes or uses.

Match on action is an editing technique that creates a sense of continuity. by cutting from one shot in a scene to another the movements are matched so that a continuous flow of action is established and the audience does not notice the editing.

Above is an example i found of MOA from the film Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind. You can see how the knocking of the window is matched in the two shots...

180° rule

The 180° rule is a basic guideline in film making that states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If the camera passes over the imaginary axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line. The new shot, from the opposite side, is known as a reverse angle.