Post 2

Storyboard Drawing, Shot Sizes and Framing

Section A

These following pictures demonstrate the way in which you draw a figure when storyboarding an idea that you may later use to make a clip or a film.

Section B

Extreme Close Up

Close up





Medium Close Up (MCU)



Medium Shot



3/4 Shot

Medium Long Shot

Long shot

Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in visual arts such as painting, photography and design. The rule states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections. Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply centering the subject would.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

One of the most popular 'rules' in photography is the Rule Of Thirds. It is also popular amongst artists. It works like this:
Imaginary lines are drawn dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect. I've even made a little diagram for you (fig 1).
As well as using the intersections you can arrange areas into bands occupying a third or place things along the imaginary lines. As you can see it is fairly simple to implement. Good places to put things; third of the way up, third of the way in from the left , you get the idea. Duff places to put things; right in the middle, right at the top, right at the bottom, away in the corner.
Using the Rule of Thirds helps produce nicely balanced easy on the eye pictures. Also, as you have to position things relative to the edges of the frame it helps get rid of ' tiny subject surrounded by vast empty space' syndrome.
One last thing about the Rule of Thirds for the time being. Once you have got the hang of the Rule of Thirds you will very quickly want to break it ! This is fine. As I said earlier these 'rules' are best used as guidelines and if you can create a better image by bending or ignoring rules then fire away.
The Rule of Thirds is fairly structured but there are a great many methods you can employ which rely on your ability to 'see' things and incorporate them into your composition. Next up we will look at some, but by no means all, of them.
Source:  http://www.silverlight.co.uk/tutorials/compose_expose/thirds.html

Section C

These are examples of photographs that I have taken showing how to apply the Rule of Thirds.

This picture works well, applying to the rule of thirds because one of the horizontal lines lines up with the top of the fence. This makes me like this photo because it puts the picture in proportion so there is a mixture of background and the subject.

This is a simple picture, with the lizard crawling towards the angle in the ceiling, the subject matter is slightly off centre and the angle of the ceiling lines up with the top third line. I still like this photograph because it is plain and simple and represents a good shot of a lizard on a plain background

This is a photograph I have taken that will not apply to the rule of thirds

This picture does not apply to the rule of thirds because it is a rather dull picture with too much background and the subject matter can not be clearly distinguished. The picture also doesn't line up or use any of the lines in the rule