Crossing the Line

180-degree rule

In filmmaking, the 180-degree rule is a guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. The rule states that the camera should be kept on one side of an imaginary axis between two characters, so that the first character is always frame right of the second character. Moving the camera over the axis is called jumping the line or crossing the line; breaking the 180-degree rule by shooting on all sides is known as shooting in the round.

Crossing the Line (2002 film)

Crossing the Line is a 2002 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Graeme Clifford, written by Susanna Styron and Bridget Terry, and starring Terry Farrell, Adrian Pasdar, Sumela Kay, Sherry Miller, Barry Flatman, and Lawrence Dane. The film is about a girls' high school basketball team, and explores what happens when parents go too far in pushing their children.

Crossing the Line (Friday Night Lights)

"Crossing the Line" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American sports drama television series Friday Night Lights, inspired by the 1990 nonfiction book by H. G. Bissinger. The episode was written by producer Bridget Carpenter and directed by co-executive producer Jeffrey Reiner. It originally aired on NBC on November 28, 2006.

crossing the line

Noun

1. A ceremony performed on board ship when members of the crew or passengers cross the equator for the first time.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of cross the line