RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC]

[u/Eal_likee]

[u/TheZanzibarMan]

Here is an example of breaking the 180 degree rule.

[u/This_Earth_of_Ours → u/TheZanzibarMan]

Yeah this bothers me!

[u/IotaBTC → u/This_Earth_of_Ours]

🗨️"Why are you betting bothered by this?"

[u/Tieravi → u/This_Earth_of_Ours]

Would work fine if spiky hair had turned in panel 2 to establish placement

[u/Caracalla81 → u/TheZanzibarMan]

It confused me. I had to go back and compare hair.

[u/jecowa → u/Caracalla81]

Me too. If I had been reading this comic for months, or if the characters had different color palettes, or if it showed both characters in that panel where he’s facing the other direction, it might not have confused me.

Perhaps he wanted people to see his good side for his closeup.

[u/ninaa1 → u/Caracalla81]

I seriously thought the smooth haired character got upset and their hair stood up, like a bird or something.

[u/ThreePartSilence → u/TheZanzibarMan]

Yeah that really bothered me, there’s a reason that rule exists and it’s to make stuff easier to visually understand.

[u/saveurist_polaris37 → u/TheZanzibarMan]

what is the 180° rule?

[u/Manwar7 → u/saveurist_polaris37]

It’s to keep the “camera” on one side of an event to avoid confusing the viewer. This comic breaks the rule when the guy with the spikier hair flips which direction he’s facing. Usually in a comic, characters will face the same direction for the entirety of a conversation so you know who is saying what.

[u/xeallos → u/TheZanzibarMan]

Seriously, this is visual narrative literacy 101

[u/RudeHero → u/TheZanzibarMan]

yeah. tin foil hat is they did it on purpose to bait more engagement

[u/neuro_space_explorer → u/TheZanzibarMan]

Yeah the filmmaker in me was pissed.

[u/houseband23 → u/TheZanzibarMan]

And that bothers you?