This article contains a list of cinematic techniques that are divided into categories and briefly described.
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180-degree rule A continuity editorial technique in which sequential shots of two or more actors within a scene are all shot with the camera on one side of the two actors so that a coherent spatial relationship and eyeline match are maintained.
Mindblowing. Even imagining a film that violates this makes me upset.
I’m no filmmaker but I bet someone could make it work, somehow.
This YT vid explains the rule (super helpful for me) and also says you can only break a rule like this once you fully understand it, which makes sense.
