What is Composition?
Composition determines what the viewer should pay attention to in the frame.
What catches your eye?
What is the rule of thirds?
A visual path that leads to the focus
Artistic Elements in Composition
•Light can be used to direct our attention
Artistic Elements in Composition
•Size: the way a shot is framed shows the relative proportions of images or shapes to one another
Artistic Elements in Composition
Artistic Elements in Composition
•Perspective is the expression of depth between foreground, middle ground and the background
What elements provide balancein this frame?
How does perspective workin this frame?
Framing your center of
interest within a frame
Framing your center of interest within a frame
Viewpoint the angle from which you shoot, high angle
Viewpoint the angle from which you shoot, low angle
Juxtaposition is when different elements are used for comparison or contrast.
LONG SHOT (LS)
WIDE SHOT (WS)
CLOSE-UP (CU)
MEDIUM SHOT (MS)
EXTREME CLOSE-UP (ECU)
SPEAKING AND HEAD ROOM
The rule of thirds in an interview
Camera movement
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