Overhead of camera angles:
I don't think the director followed the 180 degree rule. There isn't eye contact between the two characters while Courage is at the stove, but there is an implied line between the two which is definitely crossed in between shots 2 and 3. This isn't disorienting in any way, but I think that on a technical level, the rule was broken.
I think the director certainly thought about the rule of thirds while composing these shots. Especially in shots 1, 2, and 4, the characters are placed on or near the cross-points of the "grid of thirds". This draws our attention and even has the viewer looking back and forth at each character. This scene uses the rule of thirds to perfection, and I don't think it was just a coincidence.
There were no successive shots of the same framing, so the 30 degree rule was certainly followed. Shots 2 and 4 were framed identically, but they did not appear in succession; the same goes for shots 3 and 5. Even after these 5 shots, the director chooses to use these same framing techniques over and over. I definitely think it was a conscious decision to build viewer expectations.
I think the director did a good job of following these rules. My focus was never broken or altered due to directorial mistakes with any of these guidelines. Like I stated before, the 180 degree rule was broken on a technical level, but I wouldn't have noticed it had I not been consciously looking for it. The compositions were great, utilizing the rule of thirds freely. The director did a wonderful job in my opinion; this scene was very well composed and edited. It is easy for the viewer to connect the shots together into a coherent scene.
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