ABSTRACT
There are six variables a director can control with the camera. In all six, composition within the frame is a primary factor.
1. Angle 2. Image size (which affects scale and fi eld of view) 3. Motion (up, down, track, pan) 4. Depth of fi eld (normal, compressed or deep, affected by focal length of lens and f stop) 5. Focus (selective within the frame) 6. Speed (normal, fast, or slow motion)
The director will manipulate and integrate these possibilities to create the sentences used to tell the cinematic story and will then organize the sentences into “paragraphs”—complete narrative or dramatic blocks that will rely heavily on compression, elaboration, and a third extremely powerful narrative/dramatic element, the reveal.
