Screen Direction

Characters should enter and exit the frame in correspondence with the previous shot. For example, if they exit one shot at screen right, they should enter the next shot from the left. This same principle applies to diagonal perspectives, so a person that exits in a close-up screen left should reenter the next shot from the right. If these rules aren't followed, the audience can become confused over the direction the subject is moving, as the cuts seem to lack continuity. For digital movement in the frame, there's less restriction, but you should ensure you're avoiding a graphic imbalance, so the subject's size doesn't drastically change from one shot to the next.