Cutting Rules

It is important to figure out separate cuts during the shooting.

5-cut rule of the scene:

- includes shot and counter shot;

- total - face;

- reaction shot;

- hand;

- characteristic setting to solve the scene.

Rule: each sequence has in cut 5 settings, 4 sec. each. It is important to neutralize the cuts.

In between cuts /cut-aways, cut-ins, near, detail.

The means to get the cut in the shot are:

1. Mise en scene – the characters move in the shot itself.

2. Panoramic shot (when the camera moves, fixed on the tripod) might be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and round. Another classification is:

round-up panorama

observation panorama

monitoring panorama

3. Traveling of the camera.

The combinations are possible as well, such as

4. Panorama + traveling

5. Mise en scene + camera movement

The blending could be used for the transition from one cut to another, but this solution is tasteless. The montage could be either invisible, or become a medium itself, according to different montage theories.

Three-point lighting is also known as “triangle lighting” or “photographic lighting.” Three lights are used to create the lighting treatment: the key, fill, and back lights.