Composition Teaching Resource

Composition in Photography!Summarise:Arrangement of things inside

the frameInclusion/exclusionDepth of field – what’s

happening in the foreground, mid-ground and background

Elements of art:LineShapeFormTextureColour Value Space

Elements of Art: Line – path left by a pencil or a brush dipped in paint. All different

directions. Used to show contours, feelings or expressions and movement. Shape – area enclosed by a line, can be outline or shaded in. shapes can e

geometric (circle/square/triangle) or irregular. Consider the size and position. Negative space = shapes created in spaces between shapes.

Form – three dimensional shape (cube/sphere/cone). Texture – surface quality (feels/looks like it feels) two types = actual and

visual texture. Actual really exists (actually feel it/touch it). Visual is created using marks to represent actual texture.

Colour – primary colours = red, yellow, blue. Secondary colours = two primary colours mixed together. Tertiary colours = mixing primary colour with secondary colour next to it on the colour wheel.

Value – refers to the use of lightness and darkness. Space – area that has a purpose. Background/foreground/middle ground.

Distances or areas’ around, between and within things. Negative space and positive space.

Near Strasbourg France 1944Background: mist could be heaven – bright white colour tone about

to come over dead man. Flowers – beauty and deathBridge to heaven

Composition within your intro:When thinking about your own intro it is

important to consider where your titles will be when filming rather then trying to fit them in when editing as this will end in a poor result.