Fundamentals to be known by Director:
1) Composition 2) Picturisation 3) Movement 4) Rhythm 5) Style
Composition is the composing of actors, articles and Background material in an order/ respective position in the frame.
Internal elements of Composition
Line: Joining two points called as line. Joining two points in shortest distance is straight line. Line creates an illusion. Different ways of positioning of the Artists and their resulting effects like creation of illusions are as follows.
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Horizontal line indicates strength or stability and it also establishes distance
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Vertical line establishes height
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Diagonal line indicates direction
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Curved line indicates or creates movement
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Zigzag line creates or indicates confusion
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Spiral line indicates continuity
Mass: Area covered by one object or number of objects
Colour: Colours of the actors that is costumes colours, Background colours in a frame and properties
Texture: Outer surface of the object is called texture or feeling of touch shall be created by visualization
External elements of Composition
- Emphasis 2) Stability 3) Balance 4) Sequence
Emphasis: Highlighting of particular object/Artist or arrangement of artists or objects positions and places in a frame. Emphasis will be created indirectly in different ways
- By place or position or superior and subordinate emphasis or triangular emphasis
- By height or level
- By contrast
- By attention
- By elimination
- Off Screen emphasis
Technical emphasis:
- Zoom creates emphasis (Either Zoom in or Zoom out)
- Close shots creates emphasis
- Lighting creates emphasis
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