{"id":38954,"date":"2014-04-22T16:35:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T20:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=38954"},"modified":"2014-04-22T17:48:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T21:48:29","slug":"video-tutorial-composition-framing-and-the-180-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/video-tutorial-composition-framing-and-the-180-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Tutorial: Composition, Framing and the 180\u00b0 Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"if-youre-just-starting-out-or-would-like-to-brush-up-on-your-cinematography-skills-then-check-out-these-great-video-tutorials-to-get-great-shots-for-your-film\">If you&#8217;re just starting out or would like to brush up on your cinematography skills, then check out these great video tutorials to get great shots for your film.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/film-and-video-production.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39273 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/film-and-video-production.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Professional filmmakers know that\u00a0<strong>composition and framing are essential\u00a0<\/strong>to conveying the director&#8217;s intended emotion to the viewer. There are a number of ways you could go about framing the same subject in a manner that changes the audience&#8217;s emotion of the given situation. For instance, the intimacy of any close up shot moves the audience that much closer to being inside the character&#8217;s mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Lights Film School Framing and Composition Tutorial\" href=\"http:\/\/lightsfilmschool.com\/blog\/framing-heights-composition\/1675\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Lights Film School<\/a> <\/strong>has a rundown of composition and framing that&#8217;s a great guide for filmmakers:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K6N2SpA2XPI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rules are meant to be broken. Many will emphasize the importance of the <strong><a title=\"Rule-of-Thirds Example\" href=\"http:\/\/socialmarketinghero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Rule-of-thirds.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">rule-of-thirds<\/a><\/strong> in photography and film because it<em> is\u00a0<\/em>a great, tried and true method to compose shots. However, this is only a guideline. Some directors have made it a point to disregard this tenant of shooting, such as Wes Anderson&#8217;s style that features\u00a0<strong>centered shots<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/89302848?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"framing-in-cinematography\">Framing in Cinematography<\/h2>\n<p>Next, let&#8217;s take a closer look on the details of framing. It&#8217;s important to have correct head room and lead room as this can establish the difference between a good shot and a bad shot. <strong>Avoid excessive dead space<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, framing your shot with a subject in motion is called <strong>anticipatory framing<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>The camera must judge the movement of its subject.\u00a0<\/strong>Instead of reacting <em>to<\/em> the subject, <strong>react <em>with<\/em> the subject with its direction and speed<\/strong>. Of course, all the same rules of framing apply: adjust head and lead room accordingly with a proper amount of dead space.<\/p>\n<p>Another great example from <strong><a title=\"Lead Room, Head Room, and Anticipatory Framing\" href=\"https:\/\/lightsfilmschool.com\/blog\/lead-room-head-room-framing\/1669\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Lights Film School<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0pd0K2u1Bk8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-180-rule\">The 180\u00b0 Rule<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/180_degree_rule.svg_.png\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39447 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/180_degree_rule.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"663\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em><a title=\"180 Rule in Filmmaking\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:180_degree_rule.svg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Image from Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/04\/180_degree_rule.svg_.png\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 180\u00b0 rule is probably the most commonly practiced and cited rules in all of filmmaking. Imagine that there is an <strong>invisible axis<\/strong> between the camera and the subjects which are being filmed. <strong>Once you have established which side of the axis the camera will be on, the camera must remain on that same side as to not break the axis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unless you&#8217;re intentionally breaking this shooting standard, most would advise against breaking the\u00a0180\u00b0 rule.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any comments about the\u00a0180\u00b0 rule, anticipatory framing or composition? We would love to hear from you below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re just starting out or would like to brush up on your cinematography skills, then check out these great video tutorials to get great shots for \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":39519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,583,92],"tags":[2639,2638,2641,2642,1572,536,2640,5383,2643,43,47,153,472],"class_list":["post-class-post-38954","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-tutorials","post-class-category-video-production-2","post-class-category-video-tutorials-2","post-class-tag-180-degree-rule","post-class-tag-180-rule","post-class-tag-anticipatory-framing","post-class-tag-centered","post-class-tag-composition","post-class-tag-filmmaking","post-class-tag-framing","post-class-tag-photography","post-class-tag-rule-of-thirds","post-class-tag-tips","post-class-tag-tricks","post-class-tag-tutorials-2","post-class-tag-video-production"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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