Article · Escape Studios Animation Blog
Never Cross the Line: The "180 Degree Rule"
By Alexander Williams
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2024
About this lesson
An animation school's blog explains what 'crossing the line' means and why it disorients an audience, diagrams the 180-degree arc around two characters, and argues the rule is best learned by breaking it and studying what goes wrong.
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