Cinema and Ratios, The Golden Ratio in Cinema presentation. Presented in the 2nd International Meeting Erasmus+ CineMaths Paradise

1. CINEMA AND RATIOS
TheGoldenRatioinCinema

2. • Also called Golden Mean, Phi or Divine Proportion.
•Discovered by Fibonacci.
•Appears innature.
•Designuniversally efficient,pleasenttohumaneye.
•Previously, Fibonacci´s squence:
The Golden Ratio

3. Traslatingthisratio to a rectanglewhose sides are two consecutive
numbers of theFibonacci´s sequence:
Dividing therectangle using
thesequence
If wejoin allthesquares:

6. •Cinema and Photography are closely related with
proportionality.
•The dimensión of the screens in a TV or the a cinema room
are not randomly chosen.
Cinema and Proportions
Negative 3:2 or 24:36

7. This ratio can produce aesthetically pleasing compositions
that can be magnets for the human sub-conscious
How to use “The Golden Ratio”
to improve our photos?
We naturally prefer to look at an image that is balanced and
harmonized, and the Golden Ratio provides this.

8. How to use “The Golden Ratio”
to improve our photos?

9. How to use “The Golden Ratio”
to improve our photos?
Golden Ratio Rule of thirds

10. Rule of thirds in European Cinema
https://vimeo.com/161095687

11. Rule of thirds, Methodology
Sweet Points: The main points will be close to the thirds and
their intersections. So we will put there the principal elements.
Close-ups: Close-up portraits will be more striking (eye-
catching) if we make coincide the eyes with the thirds.

12. Rule of thirds, Methodology
Horizon / Ground: We will try to make coincide the horizon
with one of the thirds.
Position: It´s important to decentralize the objects
horizontally.

13. Rule of thirds, Methodology
Anyway…
Sometimes to centralize can be a good solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flq0t4jrqJQ

14. Activity
https://vimeo.com/161281601
Let´s shoot this scene using what we have just learnt.

15. Activity
Roles: Salvatore, Elena and one extra. The rest of the team will be
the director and their assistants.
Don´t worry about the script, we will give you. Anyway you can
improvise.
Use your mobile to record it, and send us to cinemaths@gmail.com
Do you want to watch the scene again?
Any question?
3, 2, 1… ACTION!