Naked Framing

From person to person, framing can either be overlooked in favour of one of the many other important elements in cinematography, such as depth of field, lighting, colour, camera movement, exposure, etc., or it can be given too much attention to the detriment of the other elements.

Either way, framing is a very important consideration for the cinematographer - it can reveal or conceal things depending on what the desired effect is. Good framing can draw the viewer into the emotion of a scene; bad framing can draw away from the emotion and make a shot look cluttered and messy.

Mike Leigh's 'Naked' uses subtle humour to (somewhat) lighten up the film's gritty realism. One of the best examples of this is comes from the framing of the the screenshot below, in which the character Johnny tilts his head to produce a composition that turns a decorative wall clock into a halo.