What is the Rule of Thirds?

What *IS* The Rule of Thirds?

 

The rule is, this thread will be locked by the time the 3rd person posts.

 

but really.

 

A simple way of looking at the rule of thirds is to draw a tic-tac-toe board stretched out over your frame. Where a vertical and horizontal lines cross is where you want your emphasis points to be.

On a closeup put the actors eyes along the top horizontal line and one of the vertical lines exactly between their eyes.

Now, it really isn't a RULE. It is a suggestion, a guideline. It will help make your film look less like the video of gma's birthday.

 

thanks

 

me, you can also google search on "rule of thirds" and get a lot of good info.

 

There's a nice writeup, with example images, on this page.
Just use you're browers to find the work "Thirds" on that page and enjoy.
Have fun.