<p>It is basically the same.
In a movie, you should have a motivated camera.
Meaning that the camera itself has or delivers an emotion.</p>

<p>A simple example:
Place someone really small into a corner of the screen, darken the lights. The person will look depressed and pushed to the edge from society.</p>

<p>Place someone in the entire frame into the middle and film them slightly from below and they will look powerfull and important.</p>

<p>You don't need to allways use rule of thirds in film, but you should consider it.</p>

<p>For example bringin an emotion into walking scene:</p>

<p>Person in right thirds, walking to left; Looks like the person walks into an open world
Person in right thirds, walking to right; Wlaking against a wall, not comming further...</p>

<p>There can be much meaning hidden inside a camera framing/move</p>

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2019-03-05T19:09:00.473Z
Agree.  Yes, rule of thirds applies, but it's far from the only "rule" when it comes to video.  See also 30º rule and 180º rule which have less to do with framing and more to do with how a camera's position affects temporal edits.  Also, shooting for mixed aspect ratios is a big consideration in video.  "Every Frame a Painting" has some good videos on youtube about film composition.
Jason Conrad
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2019-03-04T08:07:29.960Z
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Timothy Lukas H.
<p>I recently learned about rule of thirds in my photography class and it's really cool. But how can I take this technique and apply it to a video?</p>

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2019-03-06T19:25:36.973Z
There are no hard rules, there are conventions. Whether to use them is totally up to you.
Rusty Core
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Does rule of thirds apply to videos?
Elias Rowan Albatross
# Does rule of thirds apply to videos?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-04)

I recently learned about rule of thirds in my photography class and it's really cool. But how can I take this technique and apply it to a video?

**Tags:** video-recording

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There are no hard rules, there are conventions. Whether to use them is totally up to you.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-03-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It is basically the same.
In a movie, you should have a motivated camera.
Meaning that the camera itself has or delivers an emotion.

A simple example:
Place someone really small into a corner of the screen, darken the lights. The person will look depressed and pushed to the edge from society.

Place someone in the entire frame into the middle and film them slightly from below and they will look powerfull and important.

You don't need to allways use rule of thirds in film, but you should consider it.

For example bringin an emotion into walking scene:

Person in right thirds, walking to left; Looks like the person walks into an open world
Person in right thirds, walking to right; Wlaking against a wall, not comming further...

There can be much meaning hidden inside a camera framing/move

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Agree.  Yes, rule of thirds applies, but it's far from the only "rule" when it comes to video.  See also 30º rule and 180º rule which have less to do with framing and more to do with how a camera's position affects temporal edits.  Also, shooting for mixed aspect ratios is a big consideration in video.  "Every Frame a Painting" has some good videos on youtube about film composition.  

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