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If you are not well-versed with the rule of thirds in photography (or cinema in this case), you are in luck as this affords one a new paradigm in critiquing multimedia content. John Thomas Smith, an artist, made this claim in 1797, but it was mostly applicable to paintings. Smith himself was attempting to follow a visual exercise lesson from painting instructor Sir Joshua Reynolds. Reynolds encouraged a targeting strategy where artists manipulate an image’s brightnesses and focal points that can be subdivided into thirds. Look at us years later where grids are an inbuilt feature in mobile phone apps, and this concept is ubiquitous in institutions.
The rule of thirds, also called nine zone grid divides the frame into 9 equal parts and is the most popular photography concept today, however like everything else, there is more than what meets the eye. To accomplish the last aim, one has to imagine two horizontal and two vertical lines slicing the frame into three sections as result consisting the grid being formed. Unlike a traditional composition that relies on a central focus area, these lines are meant to interact with the focal point of interest. To remove any ambiguity, the focal points of interest are better placed away from the area in the forefront of the frame or the center. Ideally, these four points, where the grid lines meet are best for placing the subjects of an image.
Nevertheless, this is an aspect we want to focus on moving forward, given that we’re working with a visual medium, it should be noted that seeing will render this lesson more comprehensible.
In this frame of 2001: A Space Odyssey, you can observe that the two participants in the conversation are located on the two uppermost intersecting points. This is also an extreme case, as Stanley Kubrick was a photographer prior to he becoming a director, so there is a bit of a ‘bonus’ to this picture. In the most distant part of the shot, in the center rectangle, is the window to HAL 9000, who is watching the conversation from the inside. However, primarly focus should not be on HAL. His presence is to be in the background, for the most part passively menacing the action in the foreground. Imagine the conversation is what you are supposed to pay attention to the most, and HAL 9000 the additional treat for your gaze wandering around the picture.
This is why the rule of thirds works. If the focal point of a shot is placed at the center, you will easily see what you are supposed to be looking at, but it limits your area of perception. When the focus points are at the sides of the shot and at the intersection of the lines, the viewer is free to shift their gaze. A focal point does not have to be the only point, and visual artists know this. This is how the rule can be executed by beginners according to Learn Online Video.
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