This document provides information on gear room checkout, composition basics, and an upcoming copyright lecture. It discusses three ways to think about composing shots: the rule of thirds and golden ratio, the X, Y, Z axis, and linear perspective. Linear perspective is explained as being profoundly influenced by Leon Batista Alberti's 1435 book On Painting. A one minute video then summarizes thousands of years of human artistic perspective. Next, staging a scene is discussed using Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo as an example. The next class will include a mandatory copyright lecture and checking in with film groups.