The Art of Cinematic Composition

Hollywood SECRETS to Cinematic Composition!
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In this video, we dive deep into the art of cinematic composition, teaching you essential cinematography techniques to elevate your filmmaking skills. Understanding cinematography composition rules and how to frame a shot is key to creating visually stunning films.
We’ll cover filmmaking composition, framing tips and cinematic composition tips, breaking down the best practices used by Hollywood professionals to tell powerful stories through imagery. Learn how to compose a shot in cinematography by exploring classic cinematography composition techniques and cinematic composition guidelines that make for the best film compositions.
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[@ksatiko6218]

Funny how one can go to film school, shoot and edit stuff, read many books about filmmaking, as well as watch hundreds of tutorials and essays, and yet this video was the best informative piece I've ever seen on this specific subject. You simply explained it very well with those examples. My only advice would be to use less modern examples!

[@SightseeingStan]

Wow really appreciate that! Thanks a lot! 🙏 Why less modern examples though?

[@ksatiko6218]

@@SightseeingStan mostly because it's quite overdone; I've seen so many essays with the same identical films that it would be really cool and help you differentiate to have different examples that aren't always films from Villeneuve, Tarantino or Nolan, or a different show than Mr Robot. You brought many movies here so I'm not saying you were limited to those directors but they are the ones who featured the most and it's just my opinion by saying it would be refreshing to see a channel that combines your ability to explain to less already-seen examples, but I could be wrong!

[@cak316]

Hey I’m interested in going to film school, although I don’t know if I should do that for university or as an extra course after. Is there any tips or advice you can give?

[@SightseeingStan]

@@ksatiko6218 gotcha my dude! I will keep that in mind 👍

[@ksatiko6218]

@@SightseeingStan mad respect for seeking out advices from the comments despite the huge success of the channel. keep it going!

[@ZOly62]

Excellent video, useful for cinematography and photography as well. Timeline: 00:50 #1 Focal Point 01:32 #2: The Rule Of Thirds 02:08 ## Golden Triangle 02:32 #3 Leading LInes 03:18 #4 Positive and Negative Space 03:52 #5 Head Room & Looking Room 05:52 #6 Balance 07:06 #7 Framing 07:46 #8 Depth 09:16 #9 Color and Contrast

[@sharjeeldurrani3801]

I like one thing in this man that instead of expressing beauty of art, he told about the aesthetics of the art, like he distinctively said in the end of the video that there is no good or bad but more and less interesting in art ought to be.

[@scrow9]

Excellent video, I'll only point out that you shared 9 not 7 compositional techniques, those being: 1. FOCAL POINT 2. RULE OF 3RDS 3. LEADING LINES 4. NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SPACE 5. HEAD ROOM AND LOOKING ROOM 6. BALANCE 7. FRAMING 8. DEPTH: FOREGROUND MID-GROUND AND BACKGROUND 9. COLOR AND CONTRAST But again, outstanding work Stan!

[@SightseeingStan]

Ha alright let's call those bonus techniques 😉🙌

[@CengSanta-l4m]

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[@ahMed_4794]

You are the only one who made me understand composition.

[@SightseeingStan]

Nice to hear that! 🙌

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This video is a such masterpiece of composition, so deep but you make the explanation very simple and understandable. Congrats for the content, a hello from 🇧🇷

[@SightseeingStan]

Thank you very much! Glad you liked it 👍

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Just WOW and thank you!

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I had so much fun watching this!

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[@farsari]

Mr. Robot is a masterpiece.

[@dieserscherzkeks]

Thanks for the concise and helpful explanation. It'll definitely make me more aware about the techniques being used when I watch films, and hopefully enable me to make more conscious decisions in own projects.

[@SightseeingStan]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks! 🙏

[@adventureswithcookieandcowboy]

such a well made video - gona rewatch this one a lot as Learn these concepts - txs

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Fantastic video! I appreciate all the detail! This was so informative and helpful! So much substance. Appreciate it!

[@SightseeingStan]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers 🙌

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Nice work man! Just what I needed at the right time! :)

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[@YanpingChen-b7x]

Well done. Explanations were clear and straight to the point. While not a videographer, I can apply much of the information to photography.

[@SightseeingStan]

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[@maevainseoul]

This video was better covering this topic than the hundreds i watched i mn the past 3 years ! Thanks 🙏

[@SightseeingStan]

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This is one of the best explanation that I have heard before ❤

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Thank you for this vidéo, everyday i learn a lot of informations about filmaking, i don't have the money for this but this type of vidéos make me interested everytime and surprise how much this world of filmaking is big and creative and how much of work on the films, is very professionnel and is not easy to create a professionnal film

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Thanx for this video.. great help. Example videos are so much helpful.

[@SightseeingStan]

@@jusstrandomthings glad you enjoyed it!

[@azizaryan]

Mr robot is out of this world 🔥

[@SightseeingStan]

@@azizaryan Yea! Very interesting cinematography in that show!

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Brilliant, concise mini course on Framing 101. Appreciate this and will share. Merci. Gracias. Cheers. 🎦

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Very useful presentation, that's a very practical stuff...! I as cinematography enthusiast, I learned a lot, Thank you so much for taking time to organize and share this video.

[@SightseeingStan]

Great to hear it was helpful! 🙌

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A very insightful video which I will definitely refer back to as I direct my first student short film

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[@SightseeingStan]

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Yes, this video is very helpful and practical. I will try ❤

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[@indunilseneviratne3835]

Hey. I am always thinking about the cinema. It's not just starting from any technology or can't say it's updating or upgrading. I believe that in the cinema or still photography industry there are unbelievably specialized people who have with their own skills.So, composition or framing is one of the major part of driving people's mind withing 1.30 hour in film hall.

[@MatteoAnalisi]

Great video! I’d love to see the process of decision making about the right composition while planning the content 🙌

[@SightseeingStan]

Thanks a lot! 🙌

[@Bill-k7x]

Information is excellent. I think the last remark about ' no right or wrong just make it interesting', is where storytellers and directors go wrong. Interesting can distract from story. The shot needs to reflect the meaning and emotional dynamics of the scene--if it's just interesting, it won't convey plot, suspense, or mood: no emotional continuity. If story and shot are at odds, you get cofusion. A film should be understandable without words. No frames wasted on interesting. My opinion is that beauty is a better guide than interesting.

[@riveraarts]

Thank you so much! Your video helps a lot.

[@SightseeingStan]

Glad it helped!

[@444soap]

the composition in mr.robot is incredible❤

[@SightseeingStan]

Yeaaapp totally! 🔥🔥

[@jmmotosceneph]

the rule of third, a very well explained. I really love this channel. thank you ❤

[@SightseeingStan]

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks so much 🙌

[@matts2581]

Not sure I've heard of the golden rule of triangles - very well done. :)

[@1mphamvu]

loved this video - concise and well explained with great examples

[@SightseeingStan]

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Amazing and brief tutorial.

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[@SaharRazavi]

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[@KevinDublin]

Great reference video! I wish "Golden triangle" lines were built in just like rule of thirds on Sony cameras

[@SightseeingStan]

Glad you liked the video! Yea would be great to have things like that built into more cameras!

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Hi, can i ask what is the correct pronunciation next to the foreground 8:00 thank you

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i loved the video so much thanks man really great effort ....what hijacked my eyes is the transitions used in the video can you tell me where can i get it ? it looks great

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[@Project_2501]

Yes, if you pause at a specific frame that matches the golden ratio perfectly, it applies. But most of the times when frames and people in it are moving, it doesn't. It is by far not as strict as people make it to be on youtube.

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[@noozytechz]

The good news is, you can place your subject anywhere in the frame. You're lucky that wherever you put it, it's the focal point of one rule or another!

[@gracegeng2256]

I'm a bit confused between "centre frame" composition vs. "rule of thirds" composition. I thought putting the character "centre frame" is more balanced due to symmetry, but sometimes it's used to convey tension and/or awkwardness, because there's lack of "looking room" provided by the "rule of thirds" composition. Can you explain this contradiction?

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[@pandurangdigital.2831]

Funny how one can go to film school, shoot and edit stuff, read many books about filmmaking, as well as watch hundreds of tutorials and essays, and yet this video was the best informative piece I've ever seen on this specific subject. You simply explained it very well with those examples. My only advice would be to use less modern examples!

[@SightseeingStan]

Thanks a lot man! Glad you liked the video so much 🙏

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[@SightseeingStan]

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[@SightseeingStan]

Thank you! 🙌

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