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DrMulholland — 19 years ago(February 03, 2007 09:23 AM)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_degree_rule
I noticed Frank Capra sometimes cut back and forward between shots from same angle but with different distance to the actors. Most people don't do this nowadays - if they want to achieve this effect, they move the camera instead. But now it seems like there's an actual rule against this kind of cutting (and a sister to our feared 180 degree rule): The 30 degree rule.

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I wonder if it had anything to do with Columbia Pictures. They where faraway from being one of the richest companies and could therefore not get the best people in the trait. You will see the same problem in other Columbia Pictures from this time. His Girl Friday is a good example.
I think the worst example from Capra is Broadway Bill. It is almost unwatchable because of all the jump cuts.

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Things like this irritate me a lot.
A good director will break all these rules and get a way with it (see Kurosawa for example). It works sometime16d0s quite well in Capra's films but I often think it does not work at all.
Capra must have known these rules. Maybe he wanted to achieve something with breaking them or maybe he just didn't think they where all that important.

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