Planning - 180 Degree Rule

During the planning process our group started to think about different camera angles, one of the areas we agreed that we all struggle with is the '180 degree rule' therefore we did some research on this particular area and found a really useful poster in which helped us to understand this better.

In filmmaking, the 180° rule is a basic guideline 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.

EXAMPLE:
In the example of an action scene, such as a car chase, if a vehicle leaves the right side of the frame in one shot, it should enter from the left side of the frame in the next shot. Leaving from the right and entering from the right will create a similar sense of disorientation as in the dialogue example.