The document discusses continuity in visual compositions. Continuity is how the eye moves from one focal point to the next, either through actual movement in dynamic compositions like films, or through suggested movement in static compositions like paintings. There are three principal ways to achieve continuity: repetition of visual elements, rhythm through a regular pulse or beat, and progression through structured changes in time, space, size, direction, or value.

1. Visual Imagination

2. CONTINUITY: The actual or suggested movement or
sequence of events in a composition.
Stated another way: continuity is the means by which our
senses (eye) move from focal point (visual moment)
to focal point. (If the composition is static, or has
a shared focus,)
OR

3. ACTUAL MOVEMENT:
If the composition is active the actual
focal point moves.

4. ACTUAL MOVEMENT:
This often creates complex focal patterns.
Such as in following a soccer game

5. ACTUAL MOVEMENT: Dancing on stage

6. Actual movement happens in real time:
EXAMPLE: An actor walking down
a staircase. Each step is a minor focal
point.
The actor’s movement and rate of
delivery influences the pace of the
production.

7. Suggested movement is
indication of movement
in an inanimate composition
such as a painting.

8. SUGGESTED MOVEMENT:

9. SUGGESTED MOVEMENT:

10. SUGGESTED MOVEMENT:
Sometimes a surface or a form compels the eye to follow its path.

11. There are 3 principal ways of attaining continuity:
1. REPETITION - The recurrent use of a visual element
(line, surface, color, or texture) or theme (subject
matter)

18. REPETITION is useful because:
1. It employs economy of invention

19. 2. It attracts attention and becomes catchy.

21. 3. It helps create regularity and unity

22. 4. It can produce comic or tragic reactions
Mechanism

23. Lamentation

24. Repetition may be varied:
a. alternation - renews interest in each motif.

27. B. Inversion - renews appearance of a form without monotony.

29. B. RHYTHM - is a regular pulsation or continuous beat.
Continued rhythm without variety creates boredom or
monotony
Rhythm may be deliberate or understated.

30. Understated rhythm provides
a sense of flow.

32. Deliberate rhythm provides pace.

34. Or both pace and flow.

38. C. PROGRESSION: Rhythm anted upon by
A. structured time,

39. B. space,

40. C. size,

41. D. direction o

42. E. value.
or any combination of these

44. THERE ARE THREE COMMON TYPES OF PROGRESSION
1. ARITHMETIC (1) + 2 (3) +2 (5) +2 (7)
2. GEOMETRIC (1) x 3 (3) x3 (9) x3 (27)
3. ALGEBRAIC
EXPONENTIAL (1) x 3 (3) x 3 (9) x 9 (81)