Sorry this is a few days late. I thought I had is set on automatic post for Friday at 7, but it didn't seem to go through.
We’ve got an important topic to cover today — the rule of thirds! Most people’s first impression of a shot is to make everything in the shot front and center, but normally this isn’t the case. In film, you want the subjects in your shot to be a little off kilter.
You do this by imagining your shot is broken up into thirds, hence the title “rule of thirds.” To do this, imagine there is an invisible grid of lines running over the shot, cutting your shot into nine equally sized squares. For further emphasis, here is an embarrassing childhood photo of my brother and I that we can use as a demonstration:
Imagine this is your shot. Now you’ve broken the shot into nine squares so the “weight” of the shot is focused on the bottom, right third of the shot. By putting your shot off balance, it makes it more interesting and dynamic. A straight on shot is often boring and predictable.
Check in next week for a post on interesting ways to use sound in your film. See you all next Friday at 7 p.m.
Nice picture! Haha. But really, I always hear about the rule of thirds, but never really remember to use it. Your example was super helpful, and hopefully my pictures will look better in the future!
ReplyDeleteIt's awesome when both film and photography can work together like that. A lot of the basic rules in photography apply to filmmakers and vice versa.
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