Titles for The Conjuring

The text is skinny and all in capitals, possibly a Calibri font. The font appears in both black and white and is shown over old photos and newspaper articles. All of the titles are shown over a projector that lights them up, giving us a clearer image. The images shown are also in black and white. Each title either fades in and out or is placed onto the projector, one on top of the other. Some of the titles are obvious but others look as if they are part of the background text already shown. The whole title sequence has a worn out effect and scratches on the projector and some individual slides.

Main exercise

The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of 2 minutes.

180 Degree rule

For the 180 Degree rule an imaginary line is created which is perpendicular to the cameras view point and called the axis. The axis connects two characters and the camera always stays on one side of it for each shot in the scene. The camera can only move 180 degrees along the axis. Breaking this rule is referred to as 'crossing the line'. Crossing the line can cause confusion for the audience due to the image being flipped meaning that if two characters are shown from the front and the rule is then broken, the character who was originally on the right would now be on the left. This could also mean that the characters eye lines would not match in both shots. Because the rule had been broken the other character looks like they are looking in the wrong direction in which they should be looking
An example of this is:

Shot / Reverse shot

Shot and Reverse shot is a technique that is most commonly use in conversation. It shows one character looking at another and then the second character is seen to look back. This camera technique is used when characters are facing each other; each shot normally includes the back of the head of the character in which they are speaking to, this is seen due to the camera being behind one of their shoulders. 

Examples of Shot and Reverse shot:

Match on action

Match on action consists of two or more shots that connect together. This is where a characters action is broken up into different shots, often coming from a different perspective than the previous. This is a simple yet effective technique that is used a lot due to it preventing any disruption in the scene, this will mean that it will continue to flow smoothly.
An example of match on action would be :

Preliminary exercise

Produce a continuity exercise which involves a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom the exchange a couple of lines of dialogue. The task should demonstrate;

• Match on action
• Shot/reverse shot
• 180 degree rule