Blog #6: Storyboard Imitation

In the “Ratatouille trailer,” Ratatouille is shot running out of a French restaurant toward the back door in the kitchen while escaping deadly chefs who try to kill him to obtain primo cheese and not garbage. The director does follow the 180 degree result by establishing a horizontal line in the kitchen across the counter within the first and second shots of the scene in the kitchen cutting them in half and moving within a 180 degree arc of the line.  A new line is established after the character, Ratatouille, changes this movements from the across the kitchen to the left to towards the camera or front of the kitchen to establish a new line in the 4^th shot, and then establishes another 180 degree line in the 5^th shot when he no longer relies on the kitchen counters for cover and runs in the open.  The 180 degree rule was also used as the camera dollies from right to left in shots 2 and 3 as he running and hiding under the kitchen counters. The Rule of Thirds is also obeyed because Ratatouille is strategically place on the intersections of both the vertical and horizontal lines specifically at the 1^st and 3^rd intersections. The director also addresses the 30 degree rule by panning the camera at least 30 degrees in shots 1 through 3 and increasing the size of Ratatouille by at least 30 percent in shots 3 through 4 going from a wide shot of him running to a medium shot of him running. Lastly he uses the 30 degree rule decreasing the size of Ratatouille by at least 30 percent going from a wide shot to an extreme wide shot in shot 3,4, and 5.  All 5 shots obeyed either the 180 degree rule, Rule of thirds, or 30 degree rule. This allowed for the shots to cut well together in the scene and prevent the director from using a jump cut which would have only necessary if these rules weren’t followed.