Film Direction

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The Rule of Thirds is a one of the compositional rules of photography, in which, image in the frame can be divided into nine equal imaginary sections/parts by two equal spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines as shown in the following examples. Then, four reference points will be created which are useful for composing the image in the frame. If shot composes as per this rule, more tension, energy and interest will be created better than when shot composes simply by centering the feature/subject. Points or lines of interest of Viewers should occur at 1/3 or 2/3 of the way up (or across) the frame than centre.

Example (1): The main line of interest is the line going through the eyes in any shot related to people. In the following example, the eyes are placed approximately 1/3 of the way down the frame for best view instead of centering the eyes.

Example 1

Example 2  

Another two examples of the Rule of Thirds

Example 3	Example 4