In my scene the director did follow the 180 degree rule. All shots were taken from the same side of the desk. There were really only 3 shots primarily used. There was a 2 shot at the beginning, to a close up, then it mainly switches between a sort of over the shoulder shot from each direction. The cameras never break the 180 degree arc. The cameras were almost completely opposite of each other while being close to the 180 degree plane, they did not break it.
The rule of thirds is used in the scene. The 2 detectives faces are always at on of the intersections. Mainly in the top left and right thirds of the screen. In some of the shots it has one detective in the lower left third, and the other in the upper right third. This gives a feeling of dominance to the detective on the right, and makes the other detective seem submissive and weak, even when he is actually the one yelling at the other detective, it still makes him seem stupid, and the other detective dominant over him.. Throughout the whole scene, the attention is always placed on their faces.
The 30 rule is definitely applied in this scene. There are no jump cuts, and all the camera shots have at least a change in angle of 30 degrees. In the 2 widely used shots in the scene, there is a difference in around 170 degrees between the shots, and they are each zoomed in on the opposite detectives face. So both rules are applied simultaneously.
All three of the rules were applied in this scene. The cameras never broke the 180 degree plane. The faces of the detectives were always in one of the intersections of the thirds. The camera shots applied both changes larger than 30 degrees and zooms over 30%.
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