By: Amber Higgins

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Video Composition Project

• By Amber Higgins
• Brittany Dick

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The Golden Mean

• The Golden Mean is simply a devised
  mathematical way of segmenting the canvas so that
  photographers and artists would know exactly
  where to place their images for the best effect.
  The newest version of the Golden Mean that is
  widely used today is called the Rule of Thirds.

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Rule of Thirds

• As you can see, these four pictures
• represent the Rule of Thirds.
• The Rule of Thirds states that you
• should cut the picture in 3 parts
• vertically and horizontally. You
• then place your subject on one of
• the four intersections.The Rule of
• Thirds was created to help make
• the picture not look souniform. When you
  unbalance the subject, the eye will look more
  closely at your subject. As shown above,
• we placed our subject Amber once in all four
  intersections.
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Headroom

• Headroom is the space between the
• top of your subjects head and the
• top of the frame. You should try
• to put the most important elements
• of you subject on the top horizontal
• line. If you put too little headroom,
• it looks as though you chopped off
• your subjects head. If you put too
• much headroom, they say it looks as
• if your subject is sinking. We put
• Ambers eyes (the most important
• element) across the top horizontal
• line.

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Lead Space

• Lead space is the amount of space you
• leave in front of your subject so it
• looks like there is room for the person
• to move, walk, or look. If you dont
• leave enough space, it looks as though
• the subject has not place to move to.
• That is why you place your subject on
• the opposite side of the picture they are
• moving to as shown on the bottom
• picture.

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Top 5 Composition Mistakes

• 1. Ignoring the background
• Instead, place subject on side
• of the object

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• 2. Centering Everything
• Instead, use the Rule of
• Thirds method and try
• a different angle.

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• 3. Crowded Framing
• Instead, try to give it
• headroom.

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• 4. Headroom- once again,
• leave headroom so your
• subjects head doesnt look
• crowded or cut off.
• Instead, place your subjects
• main points on the top
• horizontal line of the picture,
• and put subject towards a corner
• for a more natural effect.

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• 5. Lack of Contrast- as you can see in
• the first picture, it is too dark, the subject
• is placed in the immediate center, and
• it is very boring to look at.
• Instead, try to spice it up a bit by
• adding more textures, shapes, colors,
• brightness, and try placing the subject
• out of the center.

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Color Composition Crimes

• Color Crime- do you see how
• Ambers waist to her head looks
• like its floating in midair? Well,
• thats because her pants blend in
• with the car (the background).
• Instead, you should possibly have
• your model/subject try a different
• position and try to use a different
• angle with the camera.