CHAPTER 13
THE FRAME AND THE SHOT
In Chapter 10 we explored how form is the manner in which you choose to present content. Image composition is one of the primary vehicles by which you project ideas and dramatize relativity and relationship, and thus effective composition is vital to expressing yourself with visual precision. It makes not only the subject (content) accessible, but heightens the viewer’s perceptions and stimulates his or her imaginative involvement, like the accurate and vibrant language from the pen of a good poet.
COMPOSITIONAL AXES OF THE FRAME
All aesthetic decisions concerning shot composition begin with the dimensions of the frame. The aspect ratio of a film frame refers to the relationship between the
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