Rule of Thirds

       When filming my opening, I tried to focus mainly on the composition and lighting of the shot. There was even a point in the day where I went back to shoot the whole opening scenes again because the lighting wasn't coinciding with that of the later scenes. In terms of the composition, I kept in mind the "rule of thirds", where two lines are drawn horizontally and vertically, separating the frame into nine sections. The reason I stressed this in my opening is because it creates a balanced point of interest where the lines intersect, according to Digital Photography School. I of course broke this rule with some of my other shots because I didn't want to bore the audience with a repetitive framing sequence. As you can see in the below stills of my opening, using Adobe Lightroom, I drew the grid following the rule of thirds.

Resources

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Renee, V. "How to Break Common Compositional Rules to Make Your Images Better." No Film

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