Despite what some may think, cinematography isn’t just setting up a few lights and finding an aesthetically pleasing angle. On the contrary, it is a deep science that combines instinctual artistic gut with a core thematic understanding of story and character. Each film requires a different cinematic treatment, depending on countless aspects.
In a new video essay by Film in the Making, What Is Negative Space In Movies?, the compositional technique of using surroundings as an integral part of the frame is explored. While this may seem like a must for almost every shot ever composed, many films fill their frames with bodies and faces, blocking out the environment to isolate the people. However, to make the person isolated, their environment must be brought into focus, too.
Using a collection of films including Interstellar, Garden State, and Punch-Drunk Love, the essay explores why negative space is a powerful tool...
In a new video essay by Film in the Making, What Is Negative Space In Movies?, the compositional technique of using surroundings as an integral part of the frame is explored. While this may seem like a must for almost every shot ever composed, many films fill their frames with bodies and faces, blocking out the environment to isolate the people. However, to make the person isolated, their environment must be brought into focus, too.
Using a collection of films including Interstellar, Garden State, and Punch-Drunk Love, the essay explores why negative space is a powerful tool...
- 2/7/2017
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Kirsten Howard Sep 23, 2016
With horror films such as Blair Witch, It Follows and Sinister, why it's sometimes what you don't see that matters...
This article contains spoilers for It Follows, Sinister, Ringu, the original Blair Witch Project and – as always – Fight Club.
It’s everywhere, it’s terrifying and it’s preying on our fragile psyches. No, not The X Factor, but the other monster, the one we might like to call ‘absolutely nothing at all, really’. It’s the sky, the darkness, the woods or just the background in the frame surrounding the people we see in our television shows and movies. It’s where the threat is, or might be – the unknown in which something could suddenly appear at any moment.
Negative space can be an essential element of any visual composition, but it’s horror movies that often rely on what you don’t see to make a story work.
With horror films such as Blair Witch, It Follows and Sinister, why it's sometimes what you don't see that matters...
This article contains spoilers for It Follows, Sinister, Ringu, the original Blair Witch Project and – as always – Fight Club.
It’s everywhere, it’s terrifying and it’s preying on our fragile psyches. No, not The X Factor, but the other monster, the one we might like to call ‘absolutely nothing at all, really’. It’s the sky, the darkness, the woods or just the background in the frame surrounding the people we see in our television shows and movies. It’s where the threat is, or might be – the unknown in which something could suddenly appear at any moment.
Negative space can be an essential element of any visual composition, but it’s horror movies that often rely on what you don’t see to make a story work.
- 9/20/2016
- Den of Geek
“Negative space, n. – empty space, space around an object or form; also called white space.” – dictionary.com
Negative space as a concept, especially in graphic arts, is an important idea. It could perhaps be described as drawing where the object isn’t. It can define the object. I once heard an artist say that the way they drew the “S” on Superman’s chest shield was to draw the negative space.
It strikes me that negative space is important in writing as well. It is not only what is said; it’s what is not said. It’s what you leave out. It’s the panel borders and gutters between panels; each panel is static but the panel borders and the gutters – the negative space – get filled in by our minds and we “see” the action if the panels are done correctly. That’s narrative storytelling.
You don’t tell...
Negative space as a concept, especially in graphic arts, is an important idea. It could perhaps be described as drawing where the object isn’t. It can define the object. I once heard an artist say that the way they drew the “S” on Superman’s chest shield was to draw the negative space.
It strikes me that negative space is important in writing as well. It is not only what is said; it’s what is not said. It’s what you leave out. It’s the panel borders and gutters between panels; each panel is static but the panel borders and the gutters – the negative space – get filled in by our minds and we “see” the action if the panels are done correctly. That’s narrative storytelling.
You don’t tell...
- 8/21/2016
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
Two words could be used to describe comics in 2015: scandal and rebirth. The scandals happened off the pages at both companies large and small, and the rebirth happened in the comics themselves.
Graphic Policy reported that former Dark Horse Comics editor-in-chief Scott Allie bit writer Joe Harris (X-Files Season Ten) at the Boom! Studios party at San Diego Comic Con, and he was demoted to “executive editor” even though an assault of this kind would be grounds for dismissal at almost any other company. There was also another ethical breach at Dark Horse when The Rainbow Hub journalist Emma Houxbois reported that former Bleeding Cool editor Hanna Means-Shannon broke a Dark Horse-related story while it was under embargo and didn’t disclose the fact that she was taking a job with the company.
Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso’s dismissal of African-American comics fans and creators when asked why...
Graphic Policy reported that former Dark Horse Comics editor-in-chief Scott Allie bit writer Joe Harris (X-Files Season Ten) at the Boom! Studios party at San Diego Comic Con, and he was demoted to “executive editor” even though an assault of this kind would be grounds for dismissal at almost any other company. There was also another ethical breach at Dark Horse when The Rainbow Hub journalist Emma Houxbois reported that former Bleeding Cool editor Hanna Means-Shannon broke a Dark Horse-related story while it was under embargo and didn’t disclose the fact that she was taking a job with the company.
Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso’s dismissal of African-American comics fans and creators when asked why...
- 12/21/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
In Shops This Week:
Negative Space #1
Writer: Ryan K. Lindsay
Artist: Owen Gieni
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Price: $4
Description: When one man’s writer’s block gets in the way of his suicide note, he goes for a walk to clear his head and soon uncovers a century-old conspiracy dedicated to creating and mining the worst lows of human desperation.
Our Take: Despite being fairly prolific and has worked on books that would fit in here at Destroy The Brain, writer Ryan K Lindsay premieres on this site with Negative Space, alongside a remarkably skilled and talented artist whose coloring work graced high profile titles like Shutter and Manifest Destiny. But clear away your preconceptions about what Negative Space is going to be; it’s not quite horror but it’s certainly horrifying at times, despite also having a darkly comedic mood. Comparable to The Life After but more grounded,...
Negative Space #1
Writer: Ryan K. Lindsay
Artist: Owen Gieni
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Price: $4
Description: When one man’s writer’s block gets in the way of his suicide note, he goes for a walk to clear his head and soon uncovers a century-old conspiracy dedicated to creating and mining the worst lows of human desperation.
Our Take: Despite being fairly prolific and has worked on books that would fit in here at Destroy The Brain, writer Ryan K Lindsay premieres on this site with Negative Space, alongside a remarkably skilled and talented artist whose coloring work graced high profile titles like Shutter and Manifest Destiny. But clear away your preconceptions about what Negative Space is going to be; it’s not quite horror but it’s certainly horrifying at times, despite also having a darkly comedic mood. Comparable to The Life After but more grounded,...
- 7/9/2015
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
Emerald City Comic Con is under way this weekend in Seattle, Wa; and per usual, Dark Horse announced a slew of new projects – ten to be exact – heading our way later this year. Some are horror (including a… Continue Reading →
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- 3/28/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
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