Assignment 5

Here is a storyboard of the scene from Fight Club in Assignment 3.

In the first five scenes from this clip of Fight Club, the director seems to have obeyed the 180 degree rule. They do not cross the base line, or the line of action, and they stay within the 180 degree arc. If they did not follow this rule, it could have appeared to the audience that Jack and Tyler had moved positions or that it was a different scene when they were still having the same conversation. The director also followed the Rule of Thirds. When setting up their shots, they placed important elements of the image in the intersections of hypothetical horizontal and vertical thirds. In this case, the important elements in these shots were Tyler and Jack. When they are talking, their faces or bodies are always located within the intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines, which allows the director to draw an audience’s attention right to the men. Also, in the over the shoulder shots where it sequences between looking over Jack’s shoulder at Tyler, and then over Tyler’s to Jack’s, it allows the viewer to look right at their faces after each cut. This director also follows the 30 rule as well. The director avoids awkward jump shots and confusing the audience by ensuring that when the camera changes positions it moves at least 30 degrees. While they do change it more than thirty degrees, they do not utilize changing the image size by at least thirty percent. In this example, the director did not break any of the basic framing rules. Personally, I believe the director displayed many talents by focusing the attention of the audience by directing bright lights at the talent they want to look at, and by contrasting the very dark colors with a select few bright images such as Tyler Durden’s white and red shirt.