Technical Tutorial

   The technical tutorial I will be speaking about is the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds is essential when interviewing a subject. Many cameras have a graph setting that can be turned on and off, if you are a beginner then it would be beneficial to turn this setting on. The picture below is what the graph on the camera screen should look like.

    

     Imagine breaking an image down into thirds both vertically and horizontally, so that the picture is divided into 9 parts, this is the main idea behind the rule of thirds. While interviewing someone you do not want to place the subject in the middle of the graph, instead place the subject on the right or left side. The eyes of the subject should be aligned with the highest horizontal line because having extra head space in an interview can often times be distracting and take the attention away from the subject.

      I believe that the rule of thirds should be the first skill everyone in the video/photography industry should learn.The concept is so simple yet so important. The rule of thirds makes the interview process look more natural because the subject being interviewed is not noticeably staring to one side of the camera while answering the questions, instead it looks like the subject is looking straight ahead because the camera is not centered on their face. The rule of thirds should be used whenever filming or editing a frame/picture.