One more point and then I'll shut up.  That concept, the total of the frame aspect ratio, the camera location, the lens, the aperture and thus the depth of field used to create each shot, is in the industry, called the "angle." Each time one of those perimeters changes, be it the placement of the camera, or a changing…

Fair enough, and I apologize for getting so technical. "Primary effect" than, is the algorithm that encompasses the frame aspect, lens and aperture used to create the explicit "circle of attention or action" for each beat of the scene. Awesome.
Kids, go watch "Night of the Hunter" for an old school look at the use of…

Hi Scott, you know I love your film breakdowns (we've chatted at LGM), and everything you say about how depth of field (DOF) affects our understanding of the frame is certainly true.  But, as someone who works on television dramas, I often question how much of what you analyze is truly thought-out by the production…

I'd say more important than the "3rds" in this instance is the fact that the deer is on the right side of center. Directors and Cinematographers know that after each "cut" or edit in a film, the audiences eyes do one of two things: If the subject of the "B" side of the cut is in the same place in the frame as the…