Camera secrets of Hollywood : simplified photography for the home picture maker (1931)

Record Details:

Title:
Camera secrets of Hollywood : simplified photography for the home picture maker
Date:
1931
Publisher:
Hollywood : Camera Secrets Publishing Company
Volume:
Camera secrets of Hollywood : simplified photography for the home picture maker
Leaf #:
00033
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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Chapter IV IS IT A PICTURE? "The best cinema composition is that arrangement of elements in a scene which enables us to see the most tritJt the least difficulty and the deepest feeling." — Dr. Victor O. Freeburg. Ql o maker of pictures, whether stills or movies, can find greater pleasure in his picture-taking and secure greater quality in his general results than by a study of a few simple rules of pictorial composition. The chief underlying element in composition is that there must be a focal point or center of interest in the picture which will catch and hold the eye the instant one glances at the subject. We have all experienced the unsatisfactory feeling of glancing at a picture and finding nothing to hold the attention. On the other hand there are pictures with an important focal point but because of poor composition around the border of the scene the eye is allowed to stray; and again you are unsatisfied with the result and turn to the next subject. Probably one of the best-known rules in landscape photography is never to center the horizon in the frame, for the result will be the unbalanced halves of two possible pictures. The foreground should lead the eye gently to the background and, once there, allow it to rest. Scene 32, page 30, showing the bridge across the Bow River at Banff, Alberta, is a good example of a straight line used to lead the eye back to the focal point which in this case is at the end of the bridge and toward the base of the mountain. Notice that no matter what part of the picture to which you [29]