Storyboard

Storyboard

Overhead Shot

In this scene, the director follows all of the rules of camera placement throughout the scene.  If you do not know what scene I am talking about, take a look at my third post to watch and compare.  They did not take the camera past the 180-degree line while the two characters were in the house.  The camera did change in rotation in the house, but did not cross that line to make the shot inconsistent.  It did break the 180-degree line when they shot outside by doing a complete turn to behind the character.  It was a good break of the rule because it gave the scene a different point of view from both the actors inside and the actor outside getting questioned.  Rule of thirds was not really used for this scene.  I did notice it being used during the outside and inside scene.  When the camera was centered behind Reggie outside, the way the camera is placed makes you focus on Marcus on the right and Mike on the left.  This was a good use of the rule because the back of someone’s head is not something you want to focus on during a shot like that.  The 30-30 rule was not really used in this scene so much because there was not any real face to face dialogue, and the dialogue that was swiveled on a 180-degree angle and not a 30 degree angle.  The director did break the role for the 180-degree line but it was very effective, also the use of the rule of thirds was very effective.  The actors where chosen to perfection for the shot and made the camera angles work for them and to move forward the movie.  Also, this is one of my favorite movies so if you have not seen the whole movie, I advise you see it and enjoy it.