5 Techniques For Framing Cinematic Shots

Filmmakers compose and visually present information within a frame. Let’s go over five different techniques which may help you frame with more of a cinematic eye and tell stories using only images.
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0:00 Introduction
0:38 1. Using The Background
3:11 2. Lens Selection
4:56 3. Framing Guidelines
6:36 4. Shot Size & Angle
8:45 5. Balance
11:04 Conclusion
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[@cjkalandek996]

You have no idea how helpful this is. When I render fan art in Blender, I try my best to frame my renders cinematically and even then, I feel like I could be doing WAY better.

[@armondtanz]

Dont forget to place characters on the rules of 3rd lines and then also dead center with balanced negative space either side... aaaaggghhhh.... the horror

[@AsFilmedByMax]

Really like the use of the examples in your explanations!

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Great video, I'd been meditating on this topic all week so a nice addition to the resources already gathered.

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film making / cinematography really has so much depth to it - sometimes it’s a bit overwhelming but thats what makes it so special🔥

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I’m so glad Paris, Texas is recognized in this video for the masterpiece that it is

[@Fleischkopf]

3:31 and the sensorsize is also very important. a 50 mm lens on an imax cam looks way different than on a black magic mft mount for example. the 50 mm on a bigger sensor look like a "normal" lens while on the mft cam look very telephotolens like.

[@andy0245]

Wow. This is extremely helpful...i really mean that! I'm an aspiring videographer and this video alone has opened my eyes to progress further. Thank You!🙌🙌

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Very awesome and packed with information. Thanks 👍

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Wonderfully made video, made the tips very easy and interesting to follow!

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loved ALL of it !! Thank you

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[@funquimero]

The light is important!

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This was refreshing, thanks!

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Great video (as always!).

[@LennefalkStudios]

Really great info here, definitely going to try these for my travel vlogs for a more cinematic look 😊📷🏞️🏙️

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[@mottavisuals]

This is the best video I´ve seen on the subject.

[@andreacrispini]

I like a lot your work. Can you put the movies references on your next video ? Cheers, Andrea

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Asking again for a breakdown of Bo Burnham. His special "Inside" is a masterclass in solo filmmaking. I'd love to know you're thoughts on a more experimental and unorthodox film like that.

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Great video. Thanks for sharing

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High angle :- Strength Oppose that's Information is 👑🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Great video. Would you mind if I translated it and reshot the voice over in Brazilian Portuguese?

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Fresh intro on things - TY! :)

[@Longdayvlog]

Very good explainer. Thanks a lot!

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Great video.

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[@TinLeadHammer]

I was expecting something more creative than traditional concepts of the rule of thirds, breathing room and shot sizes. OTOH, it is nicely combined together for a noob.

[@monezweminn807]

Eye Level is not necessarily the eye level of the character, it's the eye level of the camera.You can shoot the Closed-Up of the character's feet and can still be the Eye Level shot. Eye Level is a state of camera not being tilted up or tilted down. Nothing to do with the eyes of the character.

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I second this question.

[@theamericanaromantic]

Very good.

[@AJDonnelly]

Quick question - is the rule of thirds counter to balanced framing? Because it seems in balanced frames, the subject is always in the middle, which would go against the rule of thirds, yes?

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[@LukeLovesRose]

People need to analyze every frame of a James Cameron film like this. There are so many details and all of these details actually matter

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This video has such great information in it. Thank you for this one.

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Great video

[@benjamincorteslyon6777]

When it is said that low angle or high angle shows vulnerability or power... I think mistakes are made. In the cinema nothing means anything. As they are used in the film, these codes take on meaning within the film itself. "Touch of Evil" in the beginning is all the time from a low angle with all the characters for what is described here, it does not make sense... it is because in the cinema nothing means anything, but it is the same film that that gives meaning to these codes... when the director and the DOP know what they are doing, of course.

[@Yodd]

You made one error when talking about the background. Subject is not the foreground, foreground is what is between the subject and the lens, subject is in the mid ground aka acting area and the background is everything behind the subject.

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Perfect explanation for how to frame🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊

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[@rustneversleeps85]

I always hear how images with more depth look more "cinematic" but i find that to be untrue. In fact, these days images play too much with DOP that it looks completely uncinematic and boring because the background is often just a messy blur. It looks flat. Whereas if you look at films from say the 70's and 80's, the background and the foreground are usually rather integrated, crisp, and there isn't that much DOF, unless you are shooting against an open landscape. I dunno who came to the conclusion that DOP is cinematic or why it stuck, because I always feel it's synonymous with the digital image.

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Hat's off 📴

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This is good basic filming techniques. Most video concentrate on filming for vlogging not basic principles.

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I don't like the term "cinematic", I guess it's good for engagement in a video, but I wish people thought of better ways to describe things, I doubt Spielberg learned about film with things being described as "cinematic".

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@@vicalamuso3427 I'm busy making actual cinema.

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