This document discusses concepts of camera composition including symmetry, asymmetry, the rule of thirds, depth of field, and foreground/background. It explains that composition is the arrangement and structure within the frame and separates it into those key sections. Symmetry involves balanced sides while asymmetry is unbalanced. The rule of thirds involves placing subjects along an imaginary 3x3 grid for balance. Depth of field refers to what is in or out of focus, and foreground/background considers subject placement near or far from the camera.

1. CAMERA
Composition

2. How much can you remember so far?
What is the difference between a track and a pan?
When does a close up become an extreme close up?
When would you use a long shot?
When would you use a mid shot?
What are the connotations associated with high and low
angles?

3. Camera can be a lot more
• Its not just about where you place the camera, and how
you move it.
• The camera is pointing at something, and how you
choose to capture that can effect what you are filming.

4. Example
• Take your phone out and ask the person next to you to
take a picture of you!
Okay now looking at the picture how many of these apply
to you!
• You’re in focus
• You are in the centre of the picture
• You are in the foreground of the picture

5. Composition
You can do a lot more with the lens, but also a lot more with
how you position the object within the frame.
Composition is arrangement and structure, and the thought
behind how something has been laid out, arranged and
structured within the frame
It can be separated into 4 sections:
1. Symmetry & asymmetry
2. Rules of thirds
3. Depth of field
4. Fore and back ground

6. Symmetry
Symmetry is when the shot is equally symmetrical or
balanced on both sides. Both sides look nearly identical on
both sides.
Often used in filming to show order, normalness or
organisation

7. A style of Wes Andersen
Example:
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8. Asymmetry
• Asymmetry the shot is equally asymmetrical or
unbalanced on both sides. Both sides look different on
both sides.
Often used in filming to show disorder, chaos or various
objects, characters or subjects.

9. Rules of third
The rule of thirds is a compositional rule in visual arts such
as painting, photography, film 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.

10. With this grid in mind the ‘rule of thirds’ now identifies four
important parts of the image that you should consider
placing points of interest in as you frame your image.
Not only this, but it also gives you four ‘lines’ that are also
useful positions for elements in your photo.
The theory is that if you place points of interest in the
intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes
more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to
interact with it more naturally.

11. Here’s how it can be used in film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsI8UES59TM

12. Depth of field
• This is about focus, what is or isn't in focus within the
frame, and the implication this has.

13. What we ned to look at, or not see

14. • Shallow focus
a photographic and cinematographic technique
incorporating a small depth of field. In shallow focus one
plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus.
Shallow focus is typically used to emphasize one part of
the image over another.
• Deep focus
The opposite of shallow focus is deep focus, in which the
entire image is in focus. Consequently, in deep focus the
foreground, middle-ground and background are all in focus.

15. Focus pull
Focus pull is a creative camera technique in which you
change focus during a shot. Usually this means adjusting
the focus from one subject to another. This works well with
foreground and background shots.

16. Foreground and background
• Thinking about where to position the subject/subjects within the
frame, close or far away from the camera lens.
Like staging a play, there are layers, and this can be used for dramatic
effect and emphasis, creating depth to the shot and scene.