In our preliminary task we chose to conform and break the 180 degree rule. This was because we wanted to see the effects of it being broken for ourselves, to understand the relevance of the rule and also to potentially see if this effect would be useful in our opening title sequence. This however didn't work too well, as it broke the seamless flow of the edits but was a useful exercise to learn from. The 180 degree rule applies to the angle which the camera is shot at, shot reverse shots require the 180 degree rule which involves using one side of the couple and filming on just that side. This prevents jump cuts, which can vaguely be seen at the end of our task where the broken 180 degree rule was applied.
We have also realised that with a tight frame, the action seems to happen faster. In my opening sequence I will either need to slow down the action if using a tighter frame, or make sure the frame is wider in order to create a perfect scene.
