What Is The 180 Degree Rule?

The 180 degree rule in filming is the technique of filming a scene from multiple angles, however each of these angles should be within 180 degrees of the the subject being filmed. A way of thinking about this in simple terms is if a convocation is happening within a scene and an imaginary line is drawn between the two people and the scene is then cut in half, the camera angles then have to be within this half of the scene the whole time to obey the 180 degree rule. We need to use this in our 180 degree rule continuity task for our task to be successful as it is a good technique as it can portray sides to narratives within the footage.