Artist in Progress by Milena Milak

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Cinematic Composition Challenge: from The Sopranos scene to a children book illustration
Cinematic Composition Challenge

Cinematic Composition Challenge: from The Sopranos scene to a children book illustration

Cinematographers are basically visual storytelling wizards, so why not steal a little bit of their magic and use it for building my portfolio?

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Lately, I’ve been pushing myself to get better at composition, and one of the most helpful things I’ve found is studying movie stills. Read about it here:

I found a way to up my composition game - Part 1

I found a way to up my composition game - Part 1

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I found a way to up my composition game – Part 2

I found a way to up my composition game – Part 2

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A few days back, I presented my subscribers with three movie stills so we could choose one for practice.

These are the movie stills I picked (source: MovieStillsDB)

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