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As the person pressing the record button, it’s important to remember that you are the eyes of the audience. You control what they see and what they don’t see”¦ and that’s all in how you compose each shot. And that’s a big responsibility! What makes for great compositions are when your viewers are guided through your story by the inclusion and arrangement of purposeful elements in each frame. But that’s not always easy.

A similar event framed in different ways could lead to very different responses. Something like a character’s simple head turn can make a shot go from feeling optimistic to suspenseful, even if everything else in the frame is consistent.

Let’s dig into five ways to ways you can dial in your composition and make every frame as strong as it can be.

Tip 1: Check the edges of your frame

Look at what’s happening at the edges of your frame. Or, conversely, is something entering the frame around the edges? Is something being cut off awkwardly? Even something small could potentially be distracting to audiences.

This compositional hiccup happens to the best of filmmakers – especially those working in fast-paced situations where there is only a short amount of time to perfect everything before you need to roll.

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