The second is a collection of 11 comic sketches in black and white - all set in American coffee-houses and adhering to certain minimalist rules of editing, camera angles, and decor (such as cuts to overhead shots of a circular checkerboard tabletop in each episode) - that Jarmusch started working on in 1986.
(Here's a list of the rules on cameras in all fifty states).
On "Quiet City," Mr. Reed said, he and Mr. Katz, mindful of the limitations of their midrange video camera, devised rules for camera placement and focal lengths, combining hand-held scenes of off-the-cuff intimacy with tranquil cityscapes.
Follow the rules for camera and subject placement.
Italy's data protection authority, for instance, has issued strict rules on the use of camera phones, requiring the subject's permission if the photo is published.
In "The Rules of the Game," the camera, rather than anticipating where its characters will go, can hardly keep up with their movements.
The Meet and Greet group, who were dressed in an assortment of Britney attire (T-shirts, leggings with Spears' face plastered all over them), listened as Culotta rattled off a list of rules — no cameras, no cellphones, no touching of props.
She also promised to "improve enforcement of the rules of the road with safety cameras".
A fair bit of "The Yard" involves the young characters talking to the camera, explaining the rules of this educational jungle to the clueless documentary maker, and these sequences can drag.
The rules requiring pre-approval for film crews are designed to prevent hearings from being disrupted by hordes of camera operators.
