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The 180 Degree Rule

One of the basic rules in filmmaking is the 180 degree rule, which prevents audience confusion.

One of the basic rules in filmmaking is the 180 degree rule, which prevents audience confusion.

The rule is a basic guideline which states that two characters (or other elements) in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.

This video explains it using a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) as an example:

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> Vertigo at Wikipedia