Rule of Thirds Assignments

 

From this still image, the viewer sees Lamar Burgess giving a presentation pertaining to Precrime. It is ironic that this still image shows the audience everything that "fails" in the end of the movie (Precrime and Burgess). Based on the rule of thirds, not only is the audiences' eye drawn to Lamar himself, but it is also drawn to the Precrime "advertisement" in the background of the image, telling the audience that Lamar Burgess literally is "the face of Precrime. Even though Burgess is foregrounded, I dont think he is the real subject of this image. The human eye is naturally drawn to the precrime sign in the background because that is where two of the four points land. Another thing that helps the audience interpret this still image is the lighting. The entire bottom half of this image is darkened because it's not important to the integrity of the image. The viewer almost misses the Department of Justice symbol on the podium that Burgess is talking over. Most of the lighting is focused on Lamar's head and the precrime logo in the background. Lastly,the props also help the viewer interpret the image. Not only is Lamar Burgess talking over a podium, but the podium also has a DOJ insignia on the front. We can infer that this speech is important because it is government related. Another prop that helps us interpret the image is the suit that Burgess is wearing. Because it is all black and blends into the background, it really helps the viewer to notice the top half of the image. If the suit wasnt black, then our eyes would be drawn to a more broad perspective of the image as opposed to the top half