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Head Room

To allow space above a person’s head
• Don’t cut the person’s head off
• Don’t make it appear that the top of a TV set sits on the person’s head

   

Leading

To allow space into which someone can walk

   

Two Shot

To include two of something in the same picture
• Two people talking
• Two animals grazing in the zoo

   

Foreground

Objects or people close to the camera. In this instance, the person is in the foreground; the trees and building are in the background.

   

Background

The objects or people are farther from the camera. In this instance, the tree is in the foreground and the person is in the background.

 

 

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