Rule of Thirds (Prescilla Nyemba)

The most frequently used way of directing the veiwer's eye to the centre of interest in a picture is by simply following the rules of thirds. The idea of rule of thirds is to imagine that your frame is split into nine equal sections, by two horizontal lines and two vertical lines. Placing your subject or something that is key in your scene near a point where the lines cross, leads your veiwers eye through the image. It also gives it a more balenced composition.   


The picture's shown below will help us frame the interviewees and at the same time allow the audience to be engaged. The rule of thirds will stop the audience from being sidetracked  making them more aware of the interviewee on screen and nothing else.

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