The picture below is my storyboard drawing of different shot sizes. The headroom and space around the illustrations change between each different shot.
Section B
Below are pictures I have taken to represent and show an example of each shot size from the storyboard shown above.
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| ECU (Extreme close up) |
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| CU (Close up) |
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| MCU (Medium-close up) |
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| MS (Medium shot) |
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| 3/4 Shot |
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| MLS (Medium long shot) |
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| LS (Long shot) |
Rule of thirds
This is the most well known principle to photographers and is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots. This is the principle where you imagine breaking down the image into thirds, horizontley and vertically, so you eventually have 9 parts to your image. It basically creates lines and boxes in which parts of your body or face should lie within.
This is a link to the website which clearly explains this rule : http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds
Section B
These pictures below both show examples of this rule. The first one is where the rule of thirds is broken, and the second picture is where the rule of thirds is clearly presented and fits the rule.
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| This is where the rule of thirds is broken. This is because the eye line is too low and there is too much headroom above which makes the picture look unbalanced. |
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| This is where the rule of thirds is presented well. The headroom is just right and the eye of the animal is on the eye-line. Also, nothing is cut off which makes it look balanced. |
Hannah, I can't tell you how pleased I am you have put the work in - it has really payed off. Please don't get behind again.
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1.Great to have used a toy for your rule of thirds. The last photo show the eyeline on the top line of the rule of thirds, but the rule of thirds is about not placing objects directly in the centre of frame. So if you were to imagine 3 horizontal and three vertical, equally spaced lines you would need the elephant to be slightly further left or right to apply to the rule. The eyeliner is correct as it is on the top line (sort of - eyes need to be a bit higher) but the actual positioning of the elephant is down the middle rather than on a rule of thirds vertical line. Why don't you add another image of the one above, but crop it to show how photos can be altered to make better compositions and fit in with this rule? This would be a quick solution
2. You need to write up the paragraph for your first posting on what the preliminary task is. This is the para that starts "In groups of no more than 4' and is in your handbook.