FORMS, OPEN AND CLOSED styles of graphic composition

 OPEN FORMS tend to emphasise looser, less controlled positioning of elements in the frame as if they were unplanned, extending beyond the boundaries of the frame as though the camera just discovered them. Open form compositions are characteristic of documentary films, accounting for their reputation as being more realistic.





<-- This photo is an open form one.

<-- This photo is also an open form one.


CLOSED FORMS tend towards self-contained compositions carefully arranged to include everything of importance within the fram. 









<-- This photo is a closed form one.

<-- This photo is also a closed form one.