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38 LOYD A. JONES [J. S. M. P. E.
nature of the subject matter which it is desirable to include in the average motion picture composition seems to necessitate horizontal dimensions greater than the vertical. It is obvious, of course, that no one rectangle proportion can be best adapted to every composition that may possibly be desired and that, in choosing a rectangle proportion, compromises must be made with specific requirements and some value chosen fitting as closely as possible the average requirements.
It should be remembered also that in making any classification of rectangle proportions used in pictorial composition some consideration must be given to the subject type and picture content before any final conclusion can be drawn. In this preliminary study, however, this factor has been neglected and the ratio-frequency curve obtained applies to a group of paintings embracing practically the entire gamut of pictorial composition, with the exception of all vertical types. The results of this analysis may be shown graphically by plotting the number of compositions as a function of the width to height ratio. The curve obtained in this manner is shown in Fig. 3. It will be noted that a maximum exists at R = 1.3, another maximum at R = 1.4, with a suggestion of a third maximum at R = 1.5. Relatively few examples were found for which the ratio value is less than 1.2. Likewise, relatively few compositions in this particular group have a ratio value greater than 1.6.
The same line of thought has been carried further and a rather complete study of the work of one of the old masters has been analyzed from the standpoint of rectangle proportions. In any statistical study it is desirable to base conclusions on a large number of observations and in a given group to include all available examples without the arbitrary exclusion of any which may apparently be unusual. From a monograph on the work of Rubens1 containing authentic reproductions of the entire work of this master, the rectangle proportion for each of his compositions was determined. An attempt was made to classify these pictures from a standpoint of motion picture technic. As a matter of fact, the work of this artist seems particularly adapted to this purpose. The majority of his compositions represent situations which might very conceivably fit into a motion picture practice, representing as they do movement, action, dramatic situations, emotional expression, etc. The usual
1 Adolf Rosenberg, "The Work of Rubens," Brentanos, 1913.