Composition Workshop Module 1.1 The Invisible Technique
Added 2023-07-16 22:46:53 +0000 UTCHi everyone,
I've developed this Composition Workshop as a Patreon exclusive to help unite the study of Composition between the visual arts and filmmaking.
Here you will find the Introductory lesson, and attached you will find the first chapter of Module I.
Thanks for your support
Edit (credits): 0:27 Yang Cao, not Robert Frank
Comments
Wow, I expected to see many works in this video by many artists, but I did not expect Sean Tucker's photography! His work has resonated with me for unknown reasons for a long time, so I'm looking forward to exploring it from compositional perspective.
Denys Bastov
2025-01-04 21:33:21 +0000 UTCAre there any grid examples we can download or use as a reference as we approach this exercise?
Jeff Richardson
2024-04-19 20:38:54 +0000 UTCThank you so much for this. Importantly, it puts into perspective how much work there is to 'master' composition and the visual arts.
Nathan Green
2023-08-23 20:16:58 +0000 UTCHis Buddhist Trilogy is pure artifice in the service of beauty, simply fantastic. In regards to compositions looking too forced, or too "natural"... I think there should be space for both, and it all depends on the story you want to tell (and the feelings you want to evoke). Artifice wouldn't make sense in the work of John Cassavetes, for example, but you couldn't imagine Jissoji's work without it... A filmmaker that mastered this dichotomy is Tarkovsky, his work feels both composed and natural, but again, this approach wouldn't make sense in Parajanov's work. You gave me an idea hahaha now I'm going to add a bit about this in Module 2 :) - Luiza
The Cinema Cartography
2023-08-08 13:23:09 +0000 UTCJust spent the morning breaking down Akio Jissoji's work on Ultraman! Specifically The Pearl Defence Directive and My Home is the Earth. From The Buddhist Trilogy to tokusatsu, he was so meticulous in his framing and never treated one as lesser than the other. Side note but I really hate when critics, directors or cinematographers complain of a shot's composition looking "forced." One beauty of cinema to me is that it's not real life. Thank you for this challenge!
Cormac
2023-08-08 11:04:56 +0000 UTCgreat
Rama Kaushalyan
2023-08-01 10:48:30 +0000 UTCGreat video!
CLBIV
2023-07-18 13:51:12 +0000 UTCThank you for this! As a visual artist, I always feel like I'm great with my draftsmanship and mark-making skills but very poor when it comes to composition and pulling all the elements together.
MELT Contact
2023-07-18 00:24:00 +0000 UTCYour work is amazing. Thank You!
Thiago Henrique Muniz
2023-07-17 15:01:34 +0000 UTCMy dear, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Love you.
Jgcalmeida Almeida
2023-07-17 14:38:14 +0000 UTCThank you, can’t wait to watch. As a second year film student content like this will be helpful in solidifying, building on and adding nuggets to my knowledge of film. Keep up the good work 🤝
Jay Martin
2023-07-16 23:54:16 +0000 UTC
