Composition

Composition is a term used for parts of text combined together to give a certain effect to the directors intent.                  (Artistic elements).

 

Photographer: Henri Carter Bresson

 

·         Size

·         Stature

·         Camera angle/size

·         Colour

·         Features

·         Location (words inscribed: ora pro nobis)

·         Setting

·         Perspective

·         View Point (line of sight)

·         Time Period

·         Vantage Point

·         Colour

·         Tone

·         Mood

·         Atmosphere

·         Texture Pattern

·         Rule of thirds

·         Shape

·         Line – straight lines, curved lines, in the photograph. EVERYWHERE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.

·         Space/Negative space

·         Background/Midground/Foreground

·         Depth

·         Contrast

·         Lighting

·         Rhythm

·         Proxemics – the relative distances between figure and optic in the frame)

·         Inclusion of Elements/Exclusion of Elements

 

Affect at a macro level:

 

·         The viewpoint of this photograph can suggest who is looking down on the photograph, such as a God perhaps, for religious people.

·         Structure

·         Tone and texture gives an idea of when it was taking, due to the dress sense, and the way in which it looks etc.

·         The lighting gives the photo life.

·         The tone, mood, and atmosphere, gives us the ability to show us what life was like back in that time period.