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=Composition and Camera Mounting= Members: Monica Hart and Derrick Hunt



**Rule of Thirds**: States that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.

**Shooting Through an Object**: Used to give a shot context or properly frame subject. For example, if a subject was working in a computer lab, you may include a computer in your frame to give context to the shot.



**Nose** **Room**: Also known as lead room, nose room is t he space in front, and in the direction, of moving or stationary subjects. Well-composed shots leave space in the direction the subject is moving. When the human eye scans a photograph for the first time it will expect to see a bit in front of the subject.

For example, moving objects such as cars require lead room. If extra space is allowed in front of a moving car, the viewer can see that it has someplace to go; without this visual padding, the car's forward progress will seem impeded.

**Head** **Room**: The distance between the top of the subject's head and the top of the frame. Generally, the subject’s eyes should be positioned 1/3 of the way down from the top of the frame (following the rule of thirds).

**Tripod**: In photography, a tripod is used to stabilize and elevate a camera, or to support flashes or other photographic equipment.

  **Handheld**: Hand-held camera or hand-held shooting is a film and video technique in which a camera is literally held in the camera-operator's hands--as opposed to being placed on a tripod. The result is an image that is perceptibly shakier than that of a tripod-mounted camera.

 These effects might be used to enhance the video and change the feeling of the shot. A director may use these effects during a scene where he wants the audience to get a certain feeling from the shot.

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