Introduction to Storyboarding: Camera Framing and Camera Composition

  Camera Composition is the way elements of scene are arranged in the camera frame. Camera composition has the following elements: rule of thirds shot, symmetry balance shot, asymmetry balance shot , point shot, leading lines shot, shape shot, deep focus shot, and shallow focus shot. Rule of thirds shot is a guideline  that places your subject in the left or right thirds in the in camera framing. Symmetry balance shot is when elements are on both sides of a center line in equal weight. Asymmetry balance shot is when the shot has unequal visual weight but the frame has a sense of balance. Point shot shows where a character is looking at. Leading lines shot is where natural or human made lines lead the audience's eyes through a photograph to the subject of an image. Shape shot is the capturing of  the two dimensional appearance of objects. Deep focus shot captures foreground, middle ground, and background all in sharp focus. Shallow focus keeps one part of an image in focus while the rest is out of focus.

 Camera framing is defined as how you position subjects and objects in shots. It is about composing an image. Camera framing is important in film since it  can keep the viewers  focus framed on the object. Camera framing includes eight types of shots which are: one shot, two shot, three shot, four shot, crowd shot, over the shoulder shot, insert shot, and point of view shot. Single shot captures one subject, usually one person, two shot is filmed with two characters in the shot, three shot includes three characters in the frame, while four shot includes four characters. Crowd shot is a shot with a large group of people, CGI is commonly used to create this image. Point-of-view shot is shown when a character is looking at something, if the character stares into the character this shows the characters bending the fourth wall. Over the shoulder shot is shot with the camera behind an actor that is off the screen, which shows their shoulder, the purpose of this shot is to show the viewer a connection between characters and orient them. Insert shot focuses the viewer's  attention to a key detail in a scene , this focuses the attention to an important detail.

My media studies teacher assigned my group, Melanie A., Anjuel C, and I, Carmen M. to draw the shot sizes based on a story or multiple stories of camera framing and camera composition, and their action lines. Anjuel C. drew all the stories. Melanie A researched the shot sizes. I made up the stories and action lines.