Storyboarding and rules!

(For reference, I’m starting this clip after the transformations and the random fade to black, starting at 0:48 in the clip)

In the fight scene posted for Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie, the director attempted to follow the basic rules for shooting.  Rule of thirds is something difficult to maintain in a fight scene when actors are moving all over the place as much as they are in this scene.  It is followed most of the time, but because of the constant movement, it is hard to keep that together for the entire scene.  The director does not follow the 180 rule for a large portion of the scene, and its probably the rule he violates the most in the clip.  The director teleports on both sides of the characters all the time with no rule or explanation why.  I believe that he can get away with it because it is a fight scene and there is no real dialogue between the fighters in the scene.  The director is also trying to create a sense of chaos within the scene, due to the short edits and crazy amounts of camera angles.  The only rule that seems to be followed the most is the 30 rule, where the camera changes 30 degrees or 30 percent from each shot.  This is extremely helpful to the scene to create the great chaos and confusion that’s supposed to be conveyed within the fight.  Because there are so many different shots so often from different distances, different angles, different movements, zooms, pans, pedestals, it’s a myriad of shots just plastered together at what seems to be at random intervals and situations.   While this scene doesn’t follow the rules to the T like most movies do, the director makes the fight scene of Might Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie an enjoyable scene to watch, even though its mostly nostalgic at this point.