Blog Post #3
Scene from The Matrix: Kung Fu Dojo Fight (0:15-1:15)
Starting from about 0:15 seconds of the video clip, the shots between the two actors are maintaining the 180 degree rule. The characters are color matching with each other as well as the setting they are in. Each shot is following the rule of thirds. Starting from a medium shot on both characters it changes to a close up in two different ways. There is a constant zoom in action on the character in the black who is speaking building up the preparation for what is about to happen in the scene whereas the second character in white is getting more crisp, static zoomed in shots without the motion of coming in for when he is on screen. As the actors prepare for the fight scene there is a zoom out back into a long shot of each character as they get in position. This then quickly goes into a long shot establishing the space of the room the characters are in. Both characters are viewed from a slightly low angle to increase intensity or tension for the scene. I am not sure if this means that both eyelines match because they are viewed from the same angle indicating similar height or it means the eyeline match doesn’t matter because we do not have a shot shown from behind the shoulder for example showing the character’s perspective of the other. After the long shot or wide shot of the entire room, fighting commences, still maintaining the original 180 degree rule set in the beginning of the scene. The length between each edit of the shot during the fight seems to be determined by the length of the movement of the positions or transitioning into each position taking turns between characters maintaining medium shots even with movement or slight zoom in of the camera. There is a movement of the camera in a 360 degree like motion around the characters. There is an extreme close up when the actor grabs the foot right before he defeats the other guy. The shot then breaks the 180 rule and quickly returning back to the original 180 rule by the next shot. The scene seems to match action shots. There is no need for the 30 degree rule for there are no two shots with the same subject in succession within the minute of the scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ZdGmgj0PQ
Starting from about 0:15 seconds of the video clip, the shots between the two actors are maintaining the 180 degree rule. The characters are color matching with each other as well as the setting they are in. Each shot is following the rule of thirds. Starting from a medium shot on both characters it changes to a close up in two different ways. There is a constant zoom in action on the character in the black who is speaking building up the preparation for what is about to happen in the scene whereas the second character in white is getting more crisp, static zoomed in shots without the motion of coming in for when he is on screen. As the actors prepare for the fight scene there is a zoom out back into a long shot of each character as they get in position. This then quickly goes into a long shot establishing the space of the room the characters are in. Both characters are viewed from a slightly low angle to increase intensity or tension for the scene. I am not sure if this means that both eyelines match because they are viewed from the same angle indicating similar height or it means the eyeline match doesn’t matter because we do not have a shot shown from behind the shoulder for example showing the character’s perspective of the other. After the long shot or wide shot of the entire room, fighting commences, still maintaining the original 180 degree rule set in the beginning of the scene. The length between each edit of the shot during the fight seems to be determined by the length of the movement of the positions or transitioning into each position taking turns between characters maintaining medium shots even with movement or slight zoom in of the camera. There is a movement of the camera in a 360 degree like motion around the characters. There is an extreme close up when the actor grabs the foot right before he defeats the other guy. The shot then breaks the 180 rule and quickly returning back to the original 180 rule by the next shot. The scene seems to match action shots. There is no need for the 30 degree rule for there are no two shots with the same subject in succession within the minute of the scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ZdGmgj0PQ
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