Layout for VFX, Camera Narrative and Language

Composition: positive and negative space

A course by Carolina Jiménez García , Layout artist at VFX

Layout artist at VFX. Vancouver, Canada.
Joined June 2017
95% positive reviews (65)
1,933 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Composition: positive and negative space

Overview

“Where we place the full or empty space in our frame will have a fundamental importance in the history that we are transmitting so we must understand terms such as visual gravity, focal perspective or eye position. ”

In this video lesson Carolina Jiménez García addresses the topic: Composition: positive and negative space, which is part of the Domestika online course: Layout for VFX, Camera Narrative and Language. Learn to dominate the language of cinematographic visual narrative in a 3D environment.

Partial transcription of the video

“And in this lesson we are going to talk more deeply about the composition, about what is the positive and negative space, and why it is very important when it comes to framing your planes and being able to tell a story cinematographically. Let's go there. Another very important aspect to consider when we are framing our scene and we are framing our characters, is also a common concept in photography , and it is where we leave the air, or the empty space, or negative space, we can call it in all those ways. That is, where we leave the gap, where we leave space. And it's important to leave it...”

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Course summary for: Layout for VFX, Camera Narrative and Language

  • Level: Beginner
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Carolina Jiménez García

Carolina Jiménez García
A course by Carolina Jiménez García

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Layout artist at VFX

Carolina Jiménez has more than a decade of experience as a layout artist for VFX. His work has taken him to countries such as Australia, New Zealand or the United Kingdom and he has participated in major international film productions such as World War Z , Star Trek Beyond , the trilogy of The Hobbit , Antman and the Wasp , The Justice League , The Planet of the Apes 2 , Prometheus , Megalodon , The League of Justice or Power Rangers . He currently lives in Vancouver (Canada), where he works as Layout artist in Scanline VFX.


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Layout for VFX, Camera Narrative and Language. 3D, and Animation course by Carolina Jiménez García

Layout for VFX, Camera Narrative and Language

A course by Carolina Jiménez García
Layout artist at VFX. Vancouver, Canada.
Joined June 2017
  • 95% positive reviews (65)
  • 1,933 students