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Designing Depth

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July 2024

Designing Depth Craft Designing Depth July 2024 One of the most challenging fundamental pillars in visual media is composition. How do you distill a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional (still) frame, while conveying story and depth? A favorite technique of mine to do so and also create visual interest is to composite the scene with layered objects. In filmmaking, this is generally referred to as "dirtying the frame" with foreground elements such as props or unconventional framing—usually the most obvious, pristine head-on shot would not subtly advance the story or be as visually com

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