Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is one of the main “rules” in art and photographic composition and stems from the theory that the human eye naturally gravitates to intersection points that occur when an image is split into thirds. In the rule of thirds, photos are divided into thirds with two imaginary lines vertically and two lines horizontally making three columns, three rows, and nine sections in the images. Important compositional elements and leading lines are placed on or near the imaginary lines and where the lines intersect.

When editing our prelim, we did not consider the rule of thirds, however looking back on our outcome, shots where this rule was applied makes the composition more pleasing to the eye, in contrast to the central shots, which the more you look at, the more flaws in the symmetry are noticeable.

Prelim rule of thirds used:

Not applied:

 

After realising how much of a different the rule of thirds made in our prelim, we decided to incorporate this composition in our music video.

 

 

This photo is taken from some of our music video footage: