Visual Storytelling and Media Arts · Digital and Media Arts

Cinematography and Frame Composition

Analyzing how camera angles, lighting, and framing communicate subtext in film and photography.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the rule of thirds influence the viewer's focal point?
  2. 2What emotional impact does high-contrast lighting have on a scene?
  3. 3How can a single frame tell a story without the use of dialogue?

Common Core State Standards

NCAS: Creating MA.Cr2.1.HSAdvNCAS: Producing MA.Pr4.1.HSAdv
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: Visual & Performing Arts
Unit: Visual Storytelling and Media Arts
Period: Digital and Media Arts

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