Frame for a Stated Story Purpose
A frame selects the visual evidence available in a shot.
About 20 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- Paper and a pencil, typed notes or a browser scratch area. Color names can replace colored supplies; drawn figures and timelines can replace performance.
- Complete teaching inputs: A storyboard’s next panel must explain a key passing between hands; location was established in the previous panel. Which framing choice best meets this specified evidence requirement? Supplied candidates: (A) A close view retaining all parts of a key passing between hands (B) A crop that cuts away the essential contact in a key passing between hands (C) A distant view where a key passing between hands is too small to distinguish (D) An empty view of the location.
- Independent check: A storyboard’s next panel must explain a measured spoon over a bowl; location was established in the previous panel. Which framing choice best meets this specified evidence requirement? Supplied candidates: (A) A close view retaining all parts of a measured spoon over a bowl (B) A crop that cuts away the essential contact in a measured spoon over a bowl (C) A distant view where a measured spoon over a bowl is too small to distinguish (D) An empty view of the location.
Learn the idea
Treat composition as a set of decisions you can test. Account for unmarked space, preserve a complete image’s ratio, choose framing from a narrative purpose and compare thumbnails against an explicit design criterion. A frame selects the visual evidence available in a shot. A detail view can reveal an action, while a wider view can establish location; choose from the particular information required.
Reason through the supplied case: The story’s needed information is the stated action detail, not a second location introduction. A close view retaining the relevant interacting parts makes that detail available. Shot choice serves this explicit aim; a different story purpose might justify another frame.
A close view is not always clearer. If it removes necessary objects or context, it may weaken the intended story claim; explain the relation your chosen frame preserves.
- Read the complete teaching inputs and mark the feature, rule or constraint being tested.
- Compare the model decision with one rejected candidate; state the visible evidence or calculation that distinguishes them.
- Solve the independent check and the three changed-input practice cases before reading feedback.
- Draw one location panel and one detail panel showing a hand opening a box.
- Check your artifact against these explicit criteria: The first establishes the scene, while the second retains hand, box and the opening action.
See the method in action
A storyboard’s next panel must explain a key passing between hands; location was established in the previous panel. Which framing choice best meets this specified evidence requirement? Supplied candidates: (A) A close view retaining all parts of a key passing between hands (B) A crop that cuts away the essential contact in a key passing between hands (C) A distant view where a key passing between hands is too small to distinguish (D) An empty view of the location. Model decision: A close view retaining all parts of a key passing between hands. The story’s needed information is the stated action detail, not a second location introduction. A close view retaining the relevant interacting parts makes that detail available. Shot choice serves this explicit aim; a different story purpose might justify another frame.
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Helpful tips
- A frame selects the visual evidence available in a shot.
- A close view is not always clearer.
See the answer and explanation
A close view retaining all parts of a measured spoon over a bowl
The story’s needed information is the stated action detail, not a second location introduction. A close view retaining the relevant interacting parts makes that detail available. Shot choice serves this explicit aim; a different story purpose might justify another frame.
Take it further
New-input analysis: A storyboard’s next panel must explain a label attached to a box; location was established in the previous panel. Which framing choice best meets this specified evidence requirement? Supplied candidates: (A) A close view retaining all parts of a label attached to a box (B) A crop that cuts away the essential contact in a label attached to a box (C) A distant view where a label attached to a box is too small to distinguish (D) An empty view of the location. Expected relationship: A close view retaining all parts of a label attached to a box. The story’s needed information is the stated action detail, not a second location introduction. A close view retaining the relevant interacting parts makes that detail available. Shot choice serves this explicit aim; a different story purpose might justify another frame. Create your own artifact: Draw one location panel and one detail panel showing a hand opening a box. Completion criteria: The first establishes the scene, while the second retains hand, box and the opening action.
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Check the subject sources
- Getty Museum: Principles of Design
- Getty Museum: Understanding Formal Analysis
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: Every Picture Tells a Story
- National Core Arts Standards: framework and artistic processes
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