Match-on-Action

Match-on-Action is an editing technique in which one shot cuts into another shot portraying the action of the first shot also in the second. (Confusing?) 

For example, when someone opens a door and the first shot is looking at the person's hand opening the door, and then it goes to the second shot to a view from inside the room looking at the door open. (Still confused? Just look at the amazingly drawn picture). 
This technique is to show to show a continuity in the scene and to create a 'visual bridge' which is supposed to take viewers' attention away from from slight editing issues or cutting problems.

Mise En Scene

Mise en Scene refers to everything that appears before the camera whilst recording. This includes; characters, props, sets and composition. The Mise en scene gives affect to the actual atmosphere to the movie/recording. They are a major part of adding to the story and background of the scenes. Without them it would be incredibly boring and frankly impossible to make a recording believable or realistic and gripping.

 

The Mise on scene sets a mood of the recording and also the mood of some of the characters, in turn, relating the audience to the film. Key aspects of Mise en scene are:

• Set - The background and place where the recording is taking place in. Also the objects in the scene and the meaning they give to the scene. It is the director's job to get this right to determine the mood of the scene correctly and efficiently.
• Lighting - The intesity, positioning and quality of the lighting also determines the mood of the scene a significant amount. Dark= Gloom  Light=Happy (basic).
• Space - The overall space of the setting and in the setting. Cramping things together could be used to good effect as a form of panic and also the space shows the significance of the characters.
• Composition - The position and organisation of objects and characters in the scene. It is important to retain symmetry within the scene to not confuse the audience.
• Costume - Obviously just the costumes the characters wear. It gives the character more character. This also includes the makeup and hairstyles of each character.
• Acting - The acting blatently has a massive impact on the scene. It's quite obvious really, if the acting is bad then this will take some of the dramatic experience away from the scene. If the acting is good then the scene will benefit.

 

180 Degree Rule

 

The 180 Degree rule is a term and technique used while recrording two people (or more) often whilst they exchange dialect. The image shown gives an overall idea of what to do and what not to do in terms of the rule.

 

The green line shows the 180 degree arc in which the cameras are supposed to be filming the two characters. This arc makes the scene look symmetrical when the cameras look over each characters shoulder. The camera may be placed anywhere on the green 180° arc and the spatial relationship between the two characters will be consistent from shot to shot, even when one of the characters is not on screen.

 

 The 180-degree rule enables the audience to visually connect with unseen movement happening around and behind the immediate subject and is important in the narration of battle scenes.

However, sometimes the 180 degree rule can be broken and this could be used to some effect. For example, to disorientate the audience in a fight scene or a chase scene in which the characters may be disorientated \also. This would rlat the audience to the characters.