How to Frame Yourself in a Video or Photo
Although often subconscious, framing is the first impression someone gets when they watch your video. We take in the whole screen at once, forming an instant response to what we see. There is a cardinal rule in framing, and I see it broken all of the time. It's the "Disembodied Head" effect. The human brain is great at "filling in the gaps." When we see half of a tree in the background of a video, our brain can figure out that there's probably another half of the tree that we