Rule of thirds The rule of thirds is a photography technique which is used to help divert the attention of the viewer of an image to a specific viewpoint. The rule of thirds can be applied into videography and film when creating the establishing shots or introducing/ showing emotion on a character's face. The rule of thirds is created by a grid method, which indicates that the focal point of a photo is placed in the centre third of the grid. Here are some examples of the rule of thirds in action:
Opening shots An opening shot is what the audience first sees in a film, it is how the film begins. It is important for a film to have a strong opening shot because it what will initially hook the audience into watching. To create an effective opening shot, it is important to engage the audience with the first thing that they see on the screen and hook them for the rest of the film, for example an opening shot could include a shot of a setting e.g. a building; because this is a way in which a film can set the scene and establish where the film is set for the audience. This combined with the use of media such as mis-en-scene and different sounds would create the ideal opening shot which is able to engage and hook an audience. TASK : Create an effective opening shot using the dialogue " sometimes I am scared of the beast within me" Here we have created an opening shot with the given piece of text and created a clip that shows a young girl who seems t...
Short film ideas We have created a mind map to be able to plan out our ideas for our short film around the theme of domestic violence. We plotted a range of different ideas and questions which could provoke different emotions and ideas that we could convey within the making of our film.
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