The film sequence that I decided to use was "Brian and Dom Assemble The Team || Fast Five"
180 Degree Rule
The 180 degree rule can be seen when Roman and Tej meet. One person is on the right and the other is on the left and the camera stays on one side of the two as if it were to turn on the other side it would confuse the audience.
This rule is always used when people are talking to each other, unless there's a really intensive fight scene but directors also don't like breaking the rule often in fight scenes.
Establishing Shot
The establishing shot shows the audience where the character may be. In this example there's a massive shot of Rio using a drone with it turning slightly to the left following one massive building showing the audience that the actors are in that building. the following shot of the three together confirms that the establishing shot has followed continuity.
Eyeline Match Cut
In the first few seconds of the sequence you can see the eyeline match cut.
Dom and Brian are looking off into something we don't see, afterwards we see a shot of Mia Toretto and then a cut back to Dom and Brian. This tells us that the two were looking at Mia.
This shot is good at showing the audience things that we don't always see in the frame. Another example would be when Roman walks in to the facility they all end up "assembling" in and he just stares into the distance when all of a sudden there's a cut to a car pulling up and then another cut back to Roman. Obviously Roman was looking at the car and the simple Eyeline match cut shows this to us.
Match Cut on Action
Match Cut on Action is commonly used for continuity reasons, this does not have to be done all the time (I couldn't find an example in this sequence). The reason why this works well is because continuity is a massive part of every movie. To create this effectively you can shoot from either one or two cameras from different angles, (remembering not to break the 180 degree rule) the two shots may differ slightly for example someone is pulling something out of their pocket, you will have to record the person pulling the thing out of his pocket twice making sure that he pulled it out in the same manner in both shots. One of the shots may be from far away showing the audience the full body of the person and the other shot may be a little bit closer up to the person showing us the item and the expression on the persons face. The two shots have to be made identical as the point of the match cut on action is to merge the two clips into one clean cut. If the clip is slightly staggered the effect won't be as good.
Shot/Reverse Shot
This can be seen when Dom and Brian are talking to each other. The camera does not break the 180 degree rule. The camera is switching from Dom to Brian several times when they're talking to each other, this shows us that they are in fact talking to one another.
This technique is common when people are interacting with each other
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