Framing a composition means to encompass or surround your subject with other elements.
A frame serves numerous purposes:
Examples: Branches, windows, tunnels, doorways, archways, etc. Anything that lets you look through one thing at another thing will make a good frame.
- Frames can isolate your subject, drawing the eye directly to it, they can hide unwanted items behind it.
- It gives the image depth so that the viewer focuses on the idea that the image is 3 dimensional.
- Used correctly, framing can draw the eye of the viewer to the interest of a particular part of the scene
- Framing can bring organization or containment to an image
- Framing can add context to a shot
- Frames can be in the foreground or background of an image (although more often than not the're in the foreground.)
Examples: Branches, windows, tunnels, doorways, archways, etc. Anything that lets you look through one thing at another thing will make a good frame.
VIDEO EXAMPLE OF FRAMING:
EXAMPLES OF FRAMING:
Her hands are "framing" her face.
The alley is "framing" the baby.
The cave is "framing" the building.
The fence is "framing" the White House.
The doorway is "framing" these two women.
The window is "framing" the lady.
The snow and tree together are "framing" the skier.
CHS - STUDENT EXAMPLES:
Mr. Trettin, Your blog is organized and visually appealing! It's neat that you included high school students' work for examples too! As I was proof reading, I wondered if you would want to add periods at the ends of all your bulleted sentences. And then, there might have been a typo on the word "they're" in the last bullet. Again, those are tiny, little things! I'm sure your students will appreciate your description and examples of these fun assignments!
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