The Rule of Thirds The principal of breaking down your shot into thirds both vertically and horizontally Important compositional elements should be placed on these lines or at their intersection

The Rule of Thirds

If you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines, your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally

Head Room Refers to the room left between the top of the frame and the top of the subjects head When recording interviews you do not want to “cut off” the top of the subjects head

Lead Space Is the space in front, and in the direction, of moving or stationary subjects. Well-composed shots leave space in the direction the subject is facing or moving.

Lead Space

Scripting for Voice-overs Voice-overs are recorded commentary placed over video (also called VO) The speaker of the voice-over is not on camera The video needs to match what the speaker is saying

Scripting for On-Camera You can also write your script to be read by a person seen on screen This is call an OC or On-Camera You use the same techniques as for voice-over but your speaker is on camera

Scripting You need to write for the ear and not the eye. Write short, conversational sentences with natural breaks to take a breath

Scripting Write in the active voice, not the passive voice Passive Voice: “The exciting script was written by John.” Active Voice: “John wrote the exciting script.” The subject performs the action denoted by the verb

Scripting When writing scripts it is important to read aloud your script to make sure you hit your time requirement. You will want to read your script out loud and time yourself. Do this multiple times to get the correct time. Took 10 seconds to read above lines.