weekly[2]
lim jia sheng,
0344034.
BDCM
.Digital Photo & Imaging
::weekly[2] & exercise[1]
lecture: Basic Composition
In this live lecture, we were brought through a few elements of composition:
Basic Elements
- Focal point — helps viewers' eyes naturally settle on what's important.
- Scale & heirarchy — draws attention towards and away from certain elements.
- Balance — according to visual weights.
- White space — balances out complicated & busy parts with empty space, to help the design to breathe.
Rule of Thirds
- Is the process of dividing an image into equal three quadrants, with two lines on the X & Y axis.
- The intersecting lines will then be hotspots that attract the eye of the viewer, creating a more natural image if important elements are placed there.
- Create an image that is naturally pleasing to the eye.
- Creatively use negative space.
- Create conversation between subject & background.
Golden Ratio
- 1:1.618. Is commonly found in nature, and creates organic & natural-looking compositions when used.
- Creates harmony & proportion, and provides sense of artistry
- Determine dimensions of a layout, by laying things out in proportion to 1:1.618
Framing & Cropping
- There are many types of framings, but these are the most common:
- Single — one character is the primary focus.
- Clean single — no part of any other character is in frame.
- Dirty single — includes limited presence from another character in frame.
- Two(/three/four/...)-shot — two(three/four/...) characters, to create a relationship.
- Over the shoulder — hybrid between single & Two-shot, focusing on one character at a time, while getting perspective from both sides
- POV — see/hear what the character experiences.
- Insert — is tight on a detail
tutorial: Basic Composition
In the tutorial, we watched a video tutorial regarding our task to create a physical collage.
practical: Physical Collage
I started out with a few pre-composition drafts as instructed, to test out my elements & see what they can make out.
Then, I arranged 3 configurations that I felt were more impactful & less scattered looking, combining all the learnings & attributes found from the pre-composition drafts.
feedback
- 5/4/2021
- Mr. Fauzi noted that my draft arrangements lacked white-space/margins around the main elements. I thus gave more space to the 3 chosen pre-arrangements.
- Mr. Fauzi gave the go ahead on arrangement 2 (Figure 1.1.3) for final submission.
Figure 3.1.5, Final physical collage, 5/4/2021
Figure 3.1.6, Alignments & composition of the final physical collage, 5/4/2021
Part of project[1].
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