180 Degree rule

Before we started filming the practice preliminary test, we learnt how to use the camera, also putting into practice the 180-degree-rule.

180 Degree Rule




This explains that the camera cannot cross the dotted line in the centre as it would create confusion to the audience, this is because the camera (if on the other side of the line) would visually switch the two characters around, thus making them look as if they were the opposite character.

This is a clip I found on youtube which helped me to understand the 180-degree rule.