This week in our video production tips, we’re talking about using Negative Space.
What is negative space? Simply put, it’s the area around and behind the subject of a shot’s focus. It can be used to create various effects, such as implying at things that are off-screen or creating a certain ‘feel’ for a scene.
When a you frame a character who’s talking to another person, the ‘negative space’ should be in the direction they are facing. This is also called ‘looking space’.
Negative space does not only play out in the horizontal. You can have vertical negative space too, above and below the subject of the shot.
Watch our video to find out more about using negative space in your films!
Brett Welcher was a student at Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, USA) where studied Public Relations at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He is interned at the Raindance Film Festival the summer or 2007 and thoroughly enjoyed his time working with professionals and learning about different aspects of the film industry. In the fall of 2007 Brett returned to the States where he will be finishing his last year in school.
Since then we have lost touch and found this excellent article in the archives. Brett – if you see this, get in touch! We miss you!
