MEDIA ARTS 11 ASSIGNMENT 3THE RULE OF THIRDS

In this assignment, you will combine landscape cutout and object and scanned image cutouts, and make a collage using the Rule of Thirds. You will use three different cutouts (three landscape cutouts combined with an object, a scanned image, and a photo/cutout of yourself taken against a sky as a background (so, you can use the Level cutout method) to make 3 collages. Follow the tutorial found in the Media Arts folder. The scanned image is not a single object, so you need to utilize the Principle of Unequal Spacing to fill out the frame.

THE RULE OF THIRDS: The Rule of Thirds works for an image that has a single attractive element in it. Conversely, it does not work if an image has more than two attractive elements. If you youre to place one single attractive element in an image, the Rule of Thirds suggests that you place that element at one of the four intersections of grids that are divided into threes. The main idea of the Rule of Thirds is that nothing strong should be placed in the middle frame. By doing so, the viewers can wander through the whole image without being fixated at any element in it. In that sense, in determining the location of the attractive element, you should consider which intersection would best allow the viewers to freely wander through the whole image. If an image has a horizon line (or any line that is strong), you would want to place it at around the one-third line of the grids (as seen in the image below).

INSTRUCTION: Create 3 colages using the cutouts you have created in the previous assignment. Your images will be evaluated with regards to Composition, Core Themes, Quality, and Variation.

CORE THEMES:- Use the Rule of Thirds with a horizon line placement and any attractive objects off the central frame.- Use also the Principle of Unequal Spacing wherever applicable.