Blog Assignment #6

For each scene of this clip, the director definitely followed the 180 Rule. Most of the scenes “lines” that are established are between Scott and Todd. The camera successfully stays on the right side of that line. There is a time when Envy enters the scene and a new line is drawn. It almost appears that the director cross the line, but a character speaks off screen. Towards the end of the clip, two vegan cops enter the scene to take away Todd’s vegan powers because he broke the vegan rules. When they enter the scene, a new line is drawn between Todd and the cops negating the previous line created between Scott and Todd. For the entirety of the cops presence in the scene, the camera, again successfully, stays on the right side of the line. As far as the Rule of Thirds goes, the director did not break this rule. At one point in the movie clip, the camera is focused on Scott because he is the one talking. He is in the first third or the shot. When the camera then cuts to Todd, he is also in the first third of the shot, thus following the rule of thirds. This happens again with regards to envy. When Scott is talking to Todd he is seen in the third third of the shot. The next thing we hear is Envy coming in and giving her two cents. Although she is on the move, she begins her move with being in the third third of the shot. Once again, fulfilling the Rule of Thirds. The director also successfully follows the 30 Rule. Towards the beginning of the scene, Todd is the one speaking and the camera shot is a close up shot. The next shot we see is a wide shot, thus fulfilling the 30 Rule.