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The other day at the masjid a fellow graphic designer (Altaf Sharif) and I were talking about design and video. He mentioned something that made a lot of sense. He was saying how some of the best filmmakers treat each shot like its a poster. When composing a scene for a movie or anything, make it so that its something that is worthy of being put up on a wall somewhere.

The following sequence is an excellent example in my opinion:

The above sequence is from legendary filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1975 film “The Mirror” — If you want to learn a thing or two from this guy, see the following links:

• Andrei Tarkovsky interview part 1
• Andrei Tarkovsky interview part 2