In our intro to stills camera, we learnt several techniques of taking still images.
We learnt about deviding our shots up, in particular 'the rule of thirds', in which you focus on four hot-spots (where the lines intersect) and the different spaces surrounding the lines, and how depending on where the subject of our shot is positioned, it changes the feel of our image. For example; if the image is taken from below, looking up at the subject, we get what is called a 'hero shot' where the subject is put in a position of power and is presented as a 'hero'
Example of a 'Hero Shot'. The subject is placed in a position of power, making the audience feel inferior.
The opposite of a 'hero shot' is a 'god shot', where the subject is put in a position of inferiority and the audience is in a possition of power.
