It has been widely held among classical artists throughout history that painting objects on a rectangular canvas at certain predictable points causes the eye to flow more easily across the canvas, resulting in greater harmony among the painting's visual elements. As a result, artists devised mathematical ways of segmenting the canvas so that they would know exactly where to place their images for greatest effect. The result was called "The Golden Mean."
as ms j said, a person in the direct center of the screen gets rather boring, so with this you can vary it up and create a more diverse, and attractive film.
ReplyDeleteThe Rule of Thirds is a wonderful tool to use for a "greater harmony" in a visual presentation. I feel as though its something that shouldn't be overlooked since you don't want your work to be predictable.
ReplyDeletethis is really to key to avoid being straight up boring. As Nick said your work shouldn't be overlooked, and art is supposed to pop and make a statement.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting to learn and an amazing skill to keep on hand wether your filming, drawing a picture, etc.; it simply helps the key object being filmed to never loose its point of interest.
ReplyDeletehMMM, i HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND THIS VIDEO JUST FIXED IT. tHANKS. i MADE A COMMENT TO MATI ABOUT A DEAD ON PHOTO AND SHE RESPONDED WITH THE SAME THING, AWESOME. nOTHING IS COOL IF IT'S TOO PLAIN AND ORDINARY.
ReplyDeleteWhen you are watching something that is set dead center for a period of time like a character giving a monologue it get's boring because there isn't enough of the background showing to give the person any real depth. By place them off at an angle more background is showing and allows the audience to get more of a visual grounding of the character's relationship to the space.
ReplyDeleteFinally, a rule I agree with, mostly. I was fine with the video, but the comments above need to understand, a head on dead center shot is NOT ALWAYS WRONG/BORING. If you have ever watched the Peep Show, it is all done with a dead center shot from the characters point of view. I am not saying that the shot is interesting in-and-of itself, but sometimes it isn't always about being interesting. The whole point of being a film/moviemaker is to manipulate your audiences feelings, sure the "dead center" shot might not work for an action scene or a scene that is crucial to understanding the film as a whole, but for instance if you have a scene that is what they call a "filler" (Doesn't develop the plot, usually added to fill a small time gap needed to be classified as a Motion Picture), and, lets say, hypothetically, it contains the main character talking to a teacher, a dead on shot captures the utter bleakness of the situation better than a shot using the rule of thirds. Now I'm not saying that this technique isn't important, but you have to understand it's more of a suggestion than a rule, because no matter what "technique" you come up with the manipulate the image, there is always a situation where you'll need to bend the rules. The sad part is many film-makers are too scared to break any of these rules, but if you sit down and think about most of them, you will come to see they aren't supposed to be used in EVERY situation, which is why many artists who CAME UP with this rule didn't follow it all the time! It is an essential tool, but remember how many other tools you have in your belt, and that sometimes they do the job better than you'd think.
ReplyDeletethe rule of thirds is essential for a good composition, as a visual artist i try to always keep in mind this rule but (as i am not perfect) i have found myself breaking this rule before, were i had to manipulate finishing touches to my pieces to maintain myself within this rule. although it is highly successful to follow such rules of composition , there is instances were this rule can be successfully broken. in addition, from watching this video i realize that i subconsciously practice the rule of thirds, when i mentally plan the positioning of my figures during my figure drawing class before i even begin drawing.
ReplyDeleteThis rule is used a lot and I tend to do it automatically while drawing or taking a photo so making a shot with this rule should come easy. This rule makes a great composition and is stressed in our art classes but there are always exceptions to everything and that's good to keep in mind. Sometimes even when this rule is applied it doesn't always make a good shot it all depends on perspective and the tone your trying to create.
ReplyDeleteThis rule makes a great composition, but im still figitive on if it will always work.
ReplyDeleteThis rule can also help create a more diverse film as well. However, I think that breaking it can add to certain aspects as well. Say that you needed a shot to not necessarily look boring, but very normal. You could put the person directly in the centre of the frame and it would add to that effect. This has obviously been done before though...
ReplyDeleteIt's funny cause I never actually noticed this rule before. Now that I take a closer look at it, so many films are shot like this. It is a lot more appealing to the eyes.
ReplyDelete-Maddie