New to the forums and still learning but it'd be good to hear opinions on the following.
Ever since I've started learning cinematography, camera work, directing etc. the one thing that has always been drummed in is never to cross the line/break the 180 degree rule, particularly when shooting conversations. I understand that there are exceptions to this but largely it's one of those rules you'll rarely or never break.
So why is it that you can still see it on TV? I've just been catching up on House series 6 and in episode 18, there's a conversation shot as a 2 shot side-on, Thirteen left in frame, Foreman on the right, cut with the reverse angle (Thirteen right in frame, Foreman left). Shot sizes are identical, they just jump from one side of the frame to the other. To me this looks weird, why wouldn't any of the massive crew on House have picked this up?
So I guess my questions are as follows: Are there exceptions to this rule that I'm missing and if not how do they get away with it/not notice?
