This document discusses basic principles of framing and composition in visual media, including positioning key information on the left and counterpoints on the right to balance the frame, using consistent eye lines, and leveraging negative space and ambiguity to add tension or restore compositional balance.

1. Framing and
Composition II
Basic Framing

2. Information on the left-side

3. Counter position on the right

4. Central information Balancing the
Frame

5. Eye-Line

6. Eye-Line

7. Eye-Line

8. Eye-Line

9. Eye Room

13. Movement

15. Moving into Space

19. Negative Space
► Is the absence of weight of objects or lines.
► Elements that are not there and unseen
have a weight as well.
► The absence makes us focus on the off
screen looks which suggests that unseen
and unknown elements are at play within
the story.

20. Negative Space
► In
our need for balance we want these
spaces to be filled, so balance is restored.
► The lack of information is also information,
things can enter this space.

21. A Stressful Composition using
Negative Space

22. Ambiguity of the Space

23. Compositional Balance is Restored