Composition & Visual Design
4 terms
S-curve
Composition & Visual Design
A gently reversing curve within a scene that carries the eye through the frame in a sinuous path.
Sense of Scale
Composition & Visual Design
A cue within the frame that tells the viewer how large the subject actually is.
Simplification
Composition & Visual Design
The reduction of a scene to its essential elements by choice of viewpoint, framing, focus and timing.
Symmetry
Composition & Visual Design
A composition in which one half of the frame mirrors the other across a vertical, horizontal or radial axis.