This scene from 1978’s, Halloween, by Director John Carpenter, shows us good uses of matched action shots, a point of view shot, an eyeline shot and the 180 rule being used and broken. This is a pivotal scene in the film because it pushes the story forward by setting the tone for the film and establishes that protagonist, Laurie Strode, has become the person of interest for antagonist, Michael Myers. Opening the scene we see Laurie entering from the right and walks towards the left. Here, we have established our 180 rule. The first shot is a panning shot and follows Laurie as she walks to school so the 180 rule is constantly be followed. The shot continues and we see our first matched action at 0:47 soon after Laurie meets Tommy Doyle. The shot comes to an end when the camera stops following them (interesting that we see the word stop in the street at this point) and both characters walk off the screen to the left completing the right to left motion, but befor...
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