Viewing balance

What is pretended here is understanding the rule of thirds. To achieve the goal is recommended to analysed part of the work that I've already produced. Sometimes, it will feel that I've followed this guideline of composition, whereas in other cases it will be just the opposite. At least, that is what I thought. However, going over my previous work reflects that I was always close to what was expected. Probably because I didn't pay too much attention to the things that I could get when not applying the Golden Section. I mean, I don't know that I could alter the message conveyed by my footage just by composing my frame in a different manner from the academic one. Therefore, my examples are not very interesting. Actually, I think that I'm a very big fan of the rule of thirds so I guess that it should be good for me to begin with a little experimentation.

Picture 1: Funnily, I didn't take on any lighting thing because I really liked the overexposure effect that the window makes it. Otherwise, the composition is pretty avarage. I wonder if I could get another impression from this having played a little bit with the composition. We'll never know. 

Picutre 2: Likewise happens in the picture just mentioned, this is a shot that fits well with the theory. And I could have made the most of it whether I had changed the arrangement of elements within it. Given that this is the decisive moment of the sequence and, besides, the drama is there, it seems that it is not a good idea to be very conservative.  

Once my productions have been reviewed, it's time to look for good samples in real life. So, starting by a broken composition balanced between shots, I would like to introduce this one from a thriller, "The Village". Two characters are having a conversation about what love is and the like and, all of a sudden, the one with the long hair stabbed the other one. Then. the rule of thirds is not any longer there, I suppose, because this helps to create tension and distress.

Another interesting still captured comes from the series "House of Cards". It shows three people in a significant disagreement. And to upset the viewers in a manner that can feel themseves part of the scene, the protagonists are not at all where they shoud have been. if the situation were a relaxing one.  

Finally, it's my intention to present how changing the position of a subject on the screen can give us a totally different sensation about what we're watching. But firstly, let me explain the narrative here. We have a man who is very confident on his stance in a discussion with another man. As the conversation between them goes along, this confident disappears entirely ought to something else that the other man has said to him. So, moving to the shots, on the one hand we have this guy perfectly placed when his pretty sure about what he is talking about. His eye line and the bottle of beer makes the harmony which the rule of thirds needs. On the other hand, once the bad news for him has been broken, we can see him not in the middle of the frame or located in a line a third of the way in from either the right or the left. In this manner, his strain is perfectly noticed by the audience.