Cinematic Compositions EMOTIONS

These describe how certain cinematic compositions make you feel.

Positive Negative

*Sometimes it’s best to not let the details distract from seeing the bigger picture.*

Tense; can be Direct or Indirect

Shadows Reveal Shapes

*One need not fully understand something to embrace it.* *Can be*

Calm or Tense; Indirect

In and Out of Shadow

*Sometimes being given the answer will not illuminate the truth, sometimes one must ask the question.*

Tense; Indirect

Depth

*Hierarchy allows for a clear understanding of community.*

Tense; Direct

Interesting Division of Space

*Maybe what’s important is not so much the subject, but the subject’s relationship to their environment.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Size Exaggeration

 *An imbalance of Power is unfair. Deal with it.*

Tense; Direct

Dimensions

*The world is a big place, and often what people do has little impact.*

Tense; Direct

Open Space

*Universally speaking, people are very small, and perhaps inconsequential. This could be good or bad.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Changing Horizons

*Unless a comparison between multiple environments is made, the true state of the world may be hard to see.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Size Difference Reverse

*Do not allow an advantageous situation to lower your guard.*

Tense; Direct

Size Difference Reverse Out-of-Focus

*Judging an object by its small size will place you at a disadvantage.*

Tense; Direct

Implied Direction

*One needs to keep moving in order to create change.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Different Levels Depth

*Too much of even a good thing can become bad.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Motion Parallax

*The culminating details of the world around us is where the truth of the world can be found.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Dramatic Down

*Sometimes punishment is necessary.*

Tense; Direct

Dramatic Up

*Power should be respected.*

Tense; Direct

Dutch Angle

*Sometimes chaos or excitement exists only in the mind of the viewer.*

Tense; Direct or Indirect

Diagonals

*Perceivably calm things can be full of energy.*

Tense; Direct

Close-Up/Cut-Off

*Never take things at face value, an important detail can be missed.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Beauty of Nature

*The little or peripheral details often have a greater effect than initially realized.* 

Calm or Tense; Direct

Interesting Cutting

*Understanding the sum parts of the whole sheds ignorance.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Still Patterns

*A world of order brings many opportunities.*

Calm or Tense; Direct

Moving Patterns

*Complex organization can have many moving parts, where all parts must work in synchronicity for the better of the whole.*

Calm or Tense; Indirect

Organized Chaos

*Disorder is just a difficult to see pattern.*

Tense; Indirect

Interesting Pattern

*Disorder is just a difficult to see pattern.*

Calm or Tense; Indirect

“Breaking the Rule”

*There is merit in breaking form or structure—go improvise, keep things flexible.*

Tense; Direct

Softness

*Even if untrue, one can perceive the world as a better place than what it is.* 

Calm; Direct or Indirect

Distortion

*Things aren’t always what they appear to be.*

Tense; Indirect

Out of Focus Foreground

*Some situations offer no control—whether you can come to terms with this or not is sometimes the only control.*

Tense; Direct

Unusual Composition

*Until one starts to think outside the box, and not take things literal, learning is hindered.*

Tense; Indirect

Rhythm/Graphic Abstraction

*There are some situations where there is no control—whether you can come to terms with this or not is sometimes the only control.*

Tense; Indirect

Frame within Frame

*The world has power to trap or elevate you.*

Tense; Direct

Interesting Framing

*There is always a possibility to hope even in the most despairing of times.*

Tense; Direct