BLOG QUESTION ADV: COMPOSITION IN STORYTELLING P. 2

1. What does this video essay say about the purpose of composition? What does the narrator have to say about the use of lines in the frame?

2. What does this video have to say about the use of artificial vs. primal control? How is this used in composition? Why?

When it comes to composition, lines of perspective is used most commonly. Your eyes follow lines naturally. Lines can be used to draw the audience's attention to a subject or a different path. The positioning of objects is a way to visually indicate who has control over a subject. Artificial control is how you control the aesthetics to draw your audience's attention, and primal control is the power dynamics of the subjects/environments in relation to the narrative. The size of an object in the frame usually matches its importance in the story. Both artificial and primal control affect how the audience interprets the story.