These are the four main techniques that are used during filming.

1. 4 techniques in camera work

2. 180 degree rule
• The 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-
screen spatial relationship between a character and another
character or object within a scene. An imaginary line called
the axis connects the characters and by keeping the camera
on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first
character will always be frame right of the second
character, who is then always frame left of the first. If the
camera passes over the axis, it is called jumping the line or
crossing the line.

3. Shot reverse shot
• Shot reverse shot is a film technique where
one character is shown looking at another
character (often off-screen), and then the
other character is shown looking back at the
first character. Since the characters are shown
facing in opposite directions, the viewer
assumes that they are looking at each other.
• It is important to observe the 180degree when
using this.

4. Match on action
• Match on action is where the perspective of
the camera changes during a scene but the
scene continues to flow.

5. Cut away
• In film and video, a cutaway shot is the
interruption of a continuously filmed action by
inserting a view of something else. It is
usually, although not always, followed by a cut
back to the first shot, when the cutaway
avoids a jump cut. The cutaway shot does not
necessarily contribute any dramatic content of
its own, but is used to help the editor
assemble a longer sequence